I'ld do as Dave suggests first ...
If you can't get spark ... Hot Wire it (the coil) ... Then you will know what to do
Mike
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I'ld do as Dave suggests first ...
If you can't get spark ... Hot Wire it (the coil) ... Then you will know what to do
Mike
Hey guys its going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):): ):)
It was the wrong coil and the points were wrong but swapped those out. I highly recommend British Car parts in Nth Melb he is a really good guy with lots of knowledge. I also got Ace mobile mechanics out to fit the second lot of points and time it for me for piece of mind. Now this guy is a piece of work charged. He charged me $123 for nothing really. He asked the what the timing should be I told him 10 degress BEFORE TDC which he told me he had set it to. He also had no feller gauges or dwell meter to set points gap. After he left I drove it home and it wouldn't go above 50kmh and was running like a bag of crap. So got home lifted bonnet No 8 spark plug was ripped off he had left it lying amongst the pulleys. So off I go to not so cheap got a new one put it on. Still running rough as so I check dwell miles out reset still running terrible. I checked timing this is the total tool factor here it was set to 12 degress AFTER TDC. Reset timing to where it should be adjusted idle and guess what it runs smooth as.
So lesson learnt don't pay mechanics they have no clue do it yourself.
But its going PARTY. Thanks for all the info and help guys you lot are the best.
Cheers Kris:)
Glad it worked out for you ... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by British Bulldog
Mike
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Waxenwane
What confuses a lot of people is that the older ones with a resistor coil use a separate resistor wire, i.e. there is no ballast resistor hanging off the coil.
It's white with a pink trace (pink will have faded) and inside is a silvery coloured wire, rather than copper.
The 12 volt starting wire to the coil comes from the starter motor and is white / purple.
cheers, DL