ArdWrknTrk Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Sorry Jim, I read back and you brought up meter issues. I missed that post so never took your direction. Will do thanks. Certainly no need to apologise, Joe! I mentioned it because it's hard enough to diagnose over the internet without a solid baseline. So I ask pedantic questions. I'm really hoping all your issues get resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starliner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Certainly no need to apologise, Joe! I mentioned it because it's hard enough to diagnose over the internet without a solid baseline. So I ask pedantic questions. I'm really hoping all your issues get resolved. The latest update: a few of you pointed to the distributor pickup. What I couldnt understand was why my emergency spark box did work after a failure. While replacing the distributor I figured out that since the spark box relies on the battery for positive and ground, it does not rely on the distributor to eventually find ground. I think it is fixed. It certainly runs better. I will update if necessary. I got a new Carquest distributor from Advance AP. It is pretty bad quality but everywhere I searched I had no luck the car and the cap housing flop around, the retaining clips are junk metal and even after bending them tighter they still have give. Garbage. Thanks for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 The latest update: a few of you pointed to the distributor pickup. What I couldnt understand was why my emergency spark box did work after a failure. While replacing the distributor I figured out that since the spark box relies on the battery for positive and ground, it does not rely on the distributor to eventually find ground. I think it is fixed. It certainly runs better. I will update if necessary. I got a new Carquest distributor from Advance AP. It is pretty bad quality but everywhere I searched I had no luck the car and the cap housing flop around, the retaining clips are junk metal and even after bending them tighter they still have give. Garbage. Thanks for all the help. I'm not sure what you're saying. A new rebuilt distributor fixed the problem? It was a bad ground tab in the distributor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starliner Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 I'm not sure what you're saying. A new rebuilt distributor fixed the problem? It was a bad ground tab in the distributor? Well, I needed the pickup coil but when I opened up my distributor I saw that the inertia weights were broken so I got the new distributor. My GUESS is that the problems with the pickup coil was interrupting ground to spark plug. Buy again, I had to wrap my head around an answer to why exactly my emergency spark box worked. I didnt just want to fix it, I needed to know how it got fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Well, I needed the pickup coil but when I opened up my distributor I saw that the inertia weights were broken so I got the new distributor. My GUESS is that the problems with the pickup coil was interrupting ground to spark plug. Buy again, I had to wrap my head around an answer to why exactly my emergency spark box worked. I didnt just want to fix it, I needed to know how it got fixed. The pickup triggers the transistor in the module to open ground.(The little brass tab) The flux field in the coil collapses and voltage is created in the secondary winding. The rotor sends it to the right spark plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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