[TR] no fire in the hole-'71 tr6

[Bryan Loy]

I have the newer type ele.igniton, no points, is some sort of magnetic setup
when the points would go, of course.  I did check a plug agains the body, no
spark at all.  I will do some more checking and get back to the list w/my
findings.  Many thanks!
Bryan

--- On Sat, 2/28/09, Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com> wrote:


From: Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] no fire in the hole-'71 tr6
To: "Bryan Loy" <paradise.712002 at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 5:29 PM




First question is, I suppose, do you have a voltmeter?  If you do, with the
ignition switch in the "on" position, negative lead to a good ground, and
positive lead to the power input to the electronic ignition.  If there's no
power at that point, it's a matter of tracing back to the fault.  If there is
power at the ignition module, then check for power at the coil + terminal. 
I'm not sure what you would see at that point with the ignition on and the
engine not turning--that depends upon the type of electronic ignition you
installed--but with the engine cranking, you should read some sort of voltage,
or a voltage pulse as the ignition opens and closes.

Are you using points to trigger the ignition module (ala older  MSD units), or
does the ignition have its own optical/magnetic switch?  If the former, it's
worth checking continuity when the points are closed and lack of continuity
when they're open.

Have you removed a spark plug yet and grounded it, then cranked the engine to
see if you're getting any sort of spark at all, even a weak one?  If not,
maybe you should, just to make troubleshooting easier.

Cheers.

--

Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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