Captain Obvious Posted April 30 Share #37 Posted April 30 11 hours ago, Patcon said: We don't like to assume or overlook the obvious. I support this message. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted May 1 Share #38 Posted May 1 11 hours ago, Captain Obvious said: Run a jumper wire from that front end of the ballast directly to that "+" battery terminal. Oh, and I'm sure you know this already, but when you're done testing, make sure you disconnect the jumper wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted May 1 Share #39 Posted May 1 On 4/28/2024 at 10:32 AM, Shawninvancouver said: I do get power to the coil. Both pos and neg have power. I was going to suggest a jumper wire to the coil. But, the above. With the cut wires, but still getting power to the coil with the key on, it seems like somebody has already bypassed the stock setup. Just saying...we can only work with the information relayed to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted May 1 Share #40 Posted May 1 Yup. I'm just trying to simplify the problem and try to figure out where to focus future investigative efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarb Posted May 1 Share #41 Posted May 1 No such thing as a dumb question when you don’t have all the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawninvancouver Posted May 1 Author Share #42 Posted May 1 Yes. Thanks guys. I know I don’t have all the answers and have been doing a hit and miss attempt to get her going. I don’t know the history of the car or why it sat for 14 years. Probably because some hack mechanic tried to hook it up his way and snipped a few needed wires. I will try tomorrow with the proper wire diagram and see what happens. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted May 1 Share #43 Posted May 1 If you weren't 3000 miles away, I'd come help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawninvancouver Posted May 2 Author Share #44 Posted May 2 (edited) After another attempt to get spark it has not worked. I have clearly followed instructions on how to wire the coil and still no spark. ( I tested for spark by holding the center plug wire coming from coil to engine block ) Here is how the coil was wired. 1. Green and white to one end of resistor ( this wire did get power on start position when tested ) 2. Black and white that got power in on position to other end of resistor . 3. Black and white that got no power to resistor with green white. 4. Wire from resistor with green/wht and black white to Coil + This should have worked as all diagrams show this set up. Once again am I missing something here?? The only other note I can mention is I saw the video on how to wire the coil and the green/wht and one of the black/wht should create a complete circuit - to figure out which black/wht go where - which I did not get. The video also showed another way to fugure that out which was to find the one with voltage. That’s how I figured out which black/wht went where.. still no spark. I assume any car battery should work as I don’t have a spec battery. I have battery from another type of car but it is cranking the starter motor, so I assume that would still make spark… I tried looking under the tach but you cant see anything under there.. any other ideas?? i even tried bypassing resistor to test - still nothing... something is wrong in the yellow circle area.. as only green.wt goes to resistor.. i have now followed those instructions and possibly wrong..please clairify the correct wiring.. Edited May 2 by Shawninvancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawninvancouver Posted May 2 Author Share #45 Posted May 2 any ideas?? i think the black wt i have going to resistor with the green/wt should just go straight to the + on coil,, is that correct??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted May 2 Share #46 Posted May 2 The way you've got them stacked, it shouldn't matter. Post a picture of the starter connections and where they go. Also the ground at the firewall near the battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawninvancouver Posted May 2 Author Share #47 Posted May 2 Hi. I don’t have a photo of the starter. But I know it’s pos from battery to starter motor and neg from battery to ground on engine block. How does the starter fit into this ? And it’s the “ stack” of wires on resistor totally wrong??? also no photo of ground at firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawninvancouver Posted May 2 Author Share #48 Posted May 2 Ohh photo of starter. If you can zoom up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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