scudderfish
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| posted on 14/4/11 at 08:03 AM |
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I've got some photos here (https://picasaweb.google.com/dave.g.smith/BlownCoil#) which may help. It turned out I had a dodgy alternator that
was cooking the amps so some of the commentary is misguided. There are also extra connections to my coil for the rev limiter I was running at the
time.
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snippy
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 posted on 16/4/11 at 02:55 PM |
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Still no Spark?
Thanks for the continued posts.
Have fitted the replacement electronic dizzy etc but I am still getting no spark. So I think the problem is wiring.
As far as I can see I have 2 wires coming from the coil lead which are white and black. On the Westy loom I have one green wire and one black/white
wire. The green wire has 12 volts when ignition on and the white/black has 7 volts. Do I connect the green wire on the loom to the white wire from the
coil? Can anyone confirm the connections for me or offer any suggestions why I am getting no spark?
Cheers all.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 16/4/11 at 09:42 PM |
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Buy yourself a multimeter and test the wiring , you will probably find one of the wires has battery voltage with the ignition switched on
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wilkingj
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| posted on 17/4/11 at 02:50 PM |
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You have put some fresh petrol in the tank?? ie its not been in there for 18 months or more? ie its stale petrol.
Had this a couple of times, and makes it a pig to start.
I usually squirt a bit of neat fresh petrol in the carb, but be carful and have an extinguishger handy incase it spits back and catches fire.
I tend to use a squirt of propane gas from the gas gun in these days... Works just as well.
Old Rover Dizzys can be a bit troublesome.
Hope all goes well and you get it to Stoneleigh.
Keep at it, you will get there in the end.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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snippy
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 09:09 PM |
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Yes there is plenty of fresh petrol in the tank! I had someone look over the car tonight and it looks like both coils are buggered, bad luck or what.
So, shopping for a new shiny coil tomorrow and hope to fit it later in the week and finally get this beast into life!
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paulf
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 09:18 PM |
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Check that it hasn't fried the coils due to a fault with the wiring or ignition amp, also note that some earlier engines used ballast resistor
coils and later ones 12v coils so if your using a newer ignition module make sure the coil matches.
Paul
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Originally posted by snippy
Yes there is plenty of fresh petrol in the tank! I had someone look over the car tonight and it looks like both coils are buggered, bad luck or what.
So, shopping for a new shiny coil tomorrow and hope to fit it later in the week and finally get this beast into life!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 05:54 PM |
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Just stumbled across this guide, it should help you out
http://www.v8forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8215
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 06:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
One other thing, if the coil gets hot, it's probably duff.
All coils get hot
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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