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G`day Peter ,
without knowing which wires you hooked where it`s a bit arkward .
I know you know the N/Y Brown,Yellow and the W/S White, Slate from the Alt do you know the colour you hooked them to ?
Do you have spark at the plugs or is it getting too much fuel ?
You need to narrow down if a spark or fuel problem i think and then look at what is related , because you can smell fuel either is possible , i guess .
Cheers
Hi Guru's ,
here is a bit more info.
The new alternator has a + post which I connected the starter solenoid wire to. Next to it is a spade connection labelled Aux. This is where I connected the tacho wire in the first instance and the battery lamp wire I put on a spade connection labelled ND. With this set up the engine started but I had not reading on the Tachometer. I then changed the tacho wire over to the ND labelled post and the battery lamp wire to the Aux. Went to start and thats when problem was created.
The alternator has a Post connection labelled V and there are two other larger spade connections labelled + next to each other and located in the same area as the ND connection. These three connection points are within some sort of recess for a plug fitting perhaps. The old alternator was an Ingrams and the tacho wire was connected internally to it. The new one is a no name from TR spares.
The tacho wire (white) and the batterylamp wire(brown) go to a plug with two other wires (an earth and oil sensor wires). These run into a loom with a whole bunch of others and I assume run into the dash binnacle. There is no connection with the coil as originally thought.
The test carried out on the coil was with ignition off and connecting between coil -ve and battery +ve I get 12.5V. With ignition on I get 0.1V. Haynes says it should be 0 with ignition off but I am sceptical about this. IS this right?
Regards
Spoke to TR Spares this morning and they advised that the ND connection should be IND and is for battery lamp, The V should be stamped W and is the post to connect tacho.
So now the mystery is what has been upset by me connecting the tacho wire to the IND post. I am beginning to think the problem may have nothing to do with this misconnection as both wires go to the dash binnicle and I havent blown the bulbs. Can't see how that could impact on the starting system at all.
Regards
The voltages are correct enough, 0.1 volt is small for cable loss. Wouldn't even read on an analogue meter which is what the haynes article would be written for. Now forget the alternator. How the alternator is connected shouldn't affect the starting. I would rather suspect you have dislodged a wire or plug between the distributor and the coil. Look at the cable that connects the distributor to the coil/amp. Is it plugged in? Is it damaged? Test for spark, crank engine with the coil lead out, bend a wire clip to connect inside the coil post. Arrange a 12mm gap to the bracket, crank engine, and watch for spark. Don't touch while cranking.
If your cranking is slow, find a battery charger.
Forget measuring from the battery +ve. Any voltage should be present relative to engine earth. With the ignition on there should be 12 or more volts at the coil +ve. Also at the coil -ve when not cranking. This only shows you haven't shorted the coil -ve. It does not tell you that the ignition amp is working. It will only work when it is all connected.
Make sure as posted before that the white/black trace wire is at the coil -ve. If everything is present and correct the amp may have coincidentally died on the same moment. Rare but not unheard of.
Thanks Bee utey, I won't have a chance to get under the bonnet until Saturday so will post an update next Monday.
Thanks for your assistance.
Here's the update,
Reconnected the alternator, checked for spark and had nothing from the main lead from the coil. Changed the coil and all is good. However, I believe there is a problem with the lead as well, so for the moment the car starts.
With the continuous saga of woes, I drove the beast no more than a kilometre and now the indicators have stopped working. I swear this car is jealous of the P38 we purchased not long ago. Always doing something to get attention.
Thanks to all for your feedback and assistance.