Chevy Muscle Car Guys?
1972 Chevelle. On my small block 350, I set the timing, connected everything and began connecting the ignition. Set the yellow ignition wire that goes from the R terminal on the starter to the positive terminal of the ignition coil. Done. Then, the Neutral Safety Switch went to the S terminal on the starter to the bulkhead connecter. Done. Now, I bought a new point type distributor and it had a negative wire coming out. I know what that is so I connected it to the negative terminal of the ignition coil. Done. Now, there was one wire left. That wire was the Condenser that is attached to the ignition coil housing that connects to the intake manifold. I believe that condenser connects to the positive side of the terminal. I did that.
Once everything was connected, I checked for spark with my new spark plugs and wires. Aligned it at TDC, set perfectly fine and I had my girlfriend bump the key for me. At first, it sparked. Good. But then I asked her to do it again. And now, nothing
Tried it about 5 more times turning the motor over for about 5 seconds each time. No more spark at all. And now, the battery was turning over really slow and went dead. That is weird because that battery was fully charged like three hours before installation of the distributor. So I don't know why it did that. I think I wired everything correctly; however, when I remove the battery and touch the negative terminal of the cable to the end of the battery, it is sparking. I have no idea why. Those wires are where they are supposed to be right? What caused this and how come it wasn't sparking anymore? And what might have happened? Coil went bad, wires went bad, distributor wire went bad or do you think it's probably just a bad ignition coil due to inproper wiring? Sparked the first time and nothing after that. Have no idea why and battery immediately died and was sparking. What could have happened? And what should I replace to be sure it can get it's spark back again. Let me know please!
I'm not the best at electrical problems. I'd rather stick with repairing high performance parts with tools that shocking my self too many times with my distributor due to the fact that I keep forgetting to remove the negative battery cable haha.
THAN, not THAT.
In the above sentence. Ok, let me know why you think and what replacements I should get to be able to get this thing going again! New plugs, new wires, new distributor, fairly new coil (have another one at house so I can install it if this one turns out to be bad), and if it is a bad wire, they sell them at my parts store so I'm not too worried about that. Thanks
Point type distributor, non HEI.
muscle car
Lexus Freak
you could have lost the wire internally from the ignition.. common problem with older chevys. you will not see it!! its rotted inside the covering. jump your leads and try it first.. bypass the ignition. if you get power-change the ignition. if thats not it , track down all the engine wiring to the dist/starter etc.. if it worked before it should be something you missed or fell off when working on it. its usually a easy fix but you have to track it down
muscle car
start from scratch. direct power to coil from battery and straight to ground to rule out car wiring. Make sure coil has good ground. distributor wiring check with ohm meter. check coil , coil wire, doing ohm resistance. My first car 72 chevelle dark brown with cream roof. Drinking and driving ended the life of the car but no me atleast.
nissan fan
mikee has it dude
Cheap Rides
negitive side coil goes to distributor. resistor keeps from burning points when running. probly burnt points or fried condencer. check with meter voltage should be 12 when cranking motor and when runing 6-8 volts to keep from burning points