Almost ready to quite--$300 later and still no spark!?

[Rowdy]

Lots of good advice here. I do a ton of troubleshooting at work and simply swapping parts wholesale is not troubleshooting. Unfortunatley I work with people who do alot of parts swapping which often further complicate troubleshooting issues. Had a forklift in the shop last week that seemed to need a new part. One of the other mechanics changed it and we had no change in symptoms so he put the old one back on and walked away from the problem. No troubleshooting had taken place prior. It sat in the shop until I got to it a couple of days later. Turned out he was correct on the part it needed, but he had put on one that was defective out of the box. I do not know which one he used, so it is likely we have one in our inventory that is defective. Rod

[jax55]

Jon, great advise on here. I have one more thing to suggest, IF you have the fuse panel at the starter and it has the aftermarket circuit breaker in it.... do NOT assume it is good.
Mine worked fine while I was tracking down a wiring issue that kept tripping it.
I finally got the car out of the garage for it's maiden voyage, got about three miles down the road and the car quit. Between three of us, found the circuit breaker BROKE. Guess my point is don't assume something is good or bad. Test it!
Follow the suggestions for tracing the voltage through the system and be sure what is supposed to be grounded is. It will save you time, money and major frustration.
Good luck and let us know what you find out.

[rocket1]

try asking for help,might be a Barner in your area.

[colin1928]

Originally Posted by rocket1

try asking for help,might be a Barner in your area.

Good idea sometimes fresh eyes will spot the problem in minutes

[Doug Linden]

Jon,
PM sent, contact me.
Doug

[30aadoodlebug]

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Hey all,

Problem solved, bad lower plate and terminal box issues. I used a modern coil replacement and everything is reverse. Either way, thank you to all of you that gave me your input. it's funny how everything works when you arn't in a 5 degree barn...

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by 30aadoodlebug

Hey all,

Problem solved, bad lower plate and terminal box issues. I used a modern coil replacement and everything is reverse. Either way, thank you to all of you that gave me your input. it's funny how everything works when you arn't in a 5 degree barn...

So glad you found it and posted the solution here!!
Get her out and drive!

[Goldhardt]

Originally Posted by Mike V. Florida

So glad you found it and posted the solution here!!
Get her out and drive!

I agree and thanks for letting us know the solution. Sometimes it's like watching a two hour movie and missing the last ten minutes around here!

[imacrazy]

I had that problem some time ago, the wire in the conduit was shorted .Just a thought.

Bill

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by 30aadoodlebug

not trying to be a wise-guy, but doesn't this constitute as trouble shooting?

Sorry no that is parts changing. Model A is a very simple system. My advice would be go back over every thing again. Also is the dist shaft turning you could have a bad timing gear.

Take a volt meter and go from the power source and see where the power quits.