[DMCForum] Re: Ignition system failure

["erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,
I have a spare ignition ECU.  If you would like to test with it, let 
me know.  Just pay for shipping.  If it turns out to be the problem 
and you would like to buy mine we can work something out.  I trust 
you.

Erik


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> I can't catch a fscking break.
> 
> As I was driving home from DC yesterday, I decided I wouldn't -
quite- 
> have enough fuel to make it home. I was very close to my wife's 
> office so I pulled in next to her. I grabbed my gas can, and used 
her 
> car to find a station to fill the can. I drove back, put the gas 
in 
> my tank and tried to start the car.
> 
> The engine cranked but didn't even try to catch. I knew almost 
> immediately why. I put my test spark plug in a wire and I had NO 
> spark. None. Zero.
> 
> I have:
> Checked #1 fuse. Good. (replaced it anyway, no change)
> Checked RPM relay.  
> Bypassed RPM relay anyway. 
> Bypassed ballast resistor. No spark.
> Verified voltage to the coil IS present.
> Verified main coil wire is tight on distributor and coil.
> Cap, rotor, plugs, and coil are all brand-new.
> 
> I suspect the pick up coil is bad or the ignition ECU is bad. Why?
> 
> Because:
> 
> 1. Voltage is present to the coil.
> 2. The RPM relay functions and it takes pulses from the coil to 
make 
> the relay function. The pulses ride the white/slate wire. If the 
coil 
> wasn't firing, the relay wouldn't close. This means spark is going 
to 
> the distributor and is NOT coming out on the cylinder plug wires.
> 
> Any other theories, tests or confirmations are welcome. I'm in a 
real 
> bind here folks.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> #5335 D.I.W.



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