June 1973 240z - E12-80 distributor - car died, won't start

[Carl Beck]

I take back what I said

No spark at sparkplug

0.5 volt at + coil when key is in ON & START positions

Just picked up another spare E12-80 at junkyard

Going home to try it out

bad/mixed up connections, bad ignition switch or relay ??? ... you should have 12 volt with ignition switch ON and 12 volt with ignition switch START, as the Blaster uses 12V as I recall...

BTW - many people are using the GM ignition module - far far less expensive than the NISSAN OEM part... and available at any Auto Parts Store..

Do you have a picture of the set-up/wiring?

Carl B.

[EricB]

Gary

Jim

Should I run 12v direct from battery to coil & bypass my stock wiring for now?

If I burnt out my E12-80 module after running the Blaster2 coil for several years it would be weird there's something all of a sudden wrong w/ the wiring right?

Gary thanks for talking to Kim B. I think I used a Msd coil because Zcargarage liked it so many years ago...

[EricB]

Z is running.

12v from battery straight to coil + did start the car

I found that a connection for GW & BW was loose & causing the problem

Also think that my distributor had some issues itself, shaft is loose & shows signs of having wobbled & caused uneven wear. Don't know yet if it's E12-80 is dead too

Will check that next

Thanks for everyone's help

-e

[Carl Beck]

Thanks for the feeback Eric... good to know you located the problem

FWIW,

Carl B.