I may have miss some of this thread. But have you looked at the fuse box?
I chase a problem for awhile and it turned out to be a blown fuse.
Wes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chip19474@aol.com [mailto:Chip19474@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11:28 AM
> To: KHOCO@aol.com; spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: No Spark Spit
>
>
>
> In a message dated 99-08-07 23:26:01 EDT, KHOCO@aol.com writes:
>
> << Installed new coil, new points, and new
> condenser. still nada.
> Wires to coil hooked up correctly. Voltage to coil ok.
> Voltage from coil ok.
> wire from coil to distrib ok. Tried different plug wires
> from coil to
> ground,
> No good. Tried piece of wire from coil to ground, no luck.
> Don't know
> correct
> gap for Spit. I set them at .014.
> Is it possible that the new coil is bad? Or the
> condenser? Is
> there any thing else Iv'e missed. Maybe utter some
> Incantations to the gods
> of Lucas, Sacrafice a spark plug or somthing? >>
>
> Ken,
>
> It looks like you've gotten good advice by now from the
> "List" so I'll try
> not to be redundent....I've experienced "no spark anywhere"
> problems lurking
> in a few spots which I don't think were mentioned.
>
> One common mistake I've seen is setting point gap
> "off-lobe"...it's not easy
> to do but I've seen it happen! Make sure the rubbing block
> of the point set
> is riding on the lobe (high point) of the dist cam - the
> correct gap range
> for the Spit points is .014" to .016". Don't assume that
> that new condensor
> is good...I had a "new" one go bad in less than 3
> days....they're cheap and
> easy to replace.
>
> You didn't mention that you replaced the dist cap. I have
> also experienced a
> problem called "carbon tracking" in my dist cap. If the dist
> cap develops
> even very fine cracks from heat, fatigue, etc. between
> electrodes, carbon
> from the natural arcing of high voltage will buildup in the crack and
> eventually present an electrical path between the electrodes.
> The engine
> will usually run; however, because the other electrodes won't
> be affected but
> to be safe - replace the cap!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Chip Krout
> '76 TR6 CF57822U (Being Reborn For Y2K)
> '70 Spit Mk3 FDU78512L (Decent Driver)
>
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