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Thread: Urgent Help Rangie sleeping on roadside tonight!!!

  1. 2nd April 2009, 07:10 PM #1
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    Unhappy Urgent Help Rangie sleeping on roadside tonight!!!

    Hey All
    My 85 rangie is sleeping on the roadside tonight and I am very scared whether it will be there tomorrow. The reason it is sleeping there and what I need help with is on the way home the after market tacho which is connected to the coil started smoking I know its bad for its health. Then the car had no go it would not rev it just rolled to a gentle stop. So first things first has it got fuel? YES. Second do we have spark at the plugs? NO. So after this find do we have spark from the coil? NO OK do we have power at the coil? YES So in theory (which is never right) its the coil. So the wife brings me the coil from the spare rangie. Plug it all in and start again. Spark at plugs? NO Spark at coil? NO Power to coil? YES So what the, could it be two dead coils? The spare one I know has a large crack in it but was working but not sure of its condition now. So the big question is my theory right a dead coil or could it be the electronic ignition module (please say no) or worse the dizzy system has died (please say no). If its the coil what is the best to buy and from where.
    Please help urgently before I have only two chassis rails left.
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  2. 2nd April 2009, 07:14 PM #2
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    Did you disconnect the tacho?

    Cheers
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  3. 2nd April 2009, 07:53 PM #3
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    Yes was the first thing I did.
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  4. 2nd April 2009, 08:29 PM #4
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    Sounds like you have power at the coil, but possibly no negative switching happening.

    I suspect the electronic ignition module...
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  5. 2nd April 2009, 08:33 PM #5
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    I have power to both sides of the coil while its trying to start.
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  6. 2nd April 2009, 09:12 PM #6
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    Fuses??
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  7. 2nd April 2009, 09:14 PM #7
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    Which ones I have yet to understand the fuse box. Its the one inside on the passenger side of the dash.
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  8. 2nd April 2009, 09:41 PM #8
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    Hi,

    At least you can sleep well knowing that no-one will want to steal a RRC.

    cheers, DL
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  9. 2nd April 2009, 09:56 PM #9
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    can the racv tow it home for you?
    sounds like the coil to me, but if the ignition module is clagged, you wont get any spark either.
    you should be able to test the coil by hooking up the positive to a power source and connecting the negative wire to it and flashing it on earth, this should produce a spark from the high tension lead to earth as you are simulating the switching pf the ignition module.
    either way, you could be in for a long session trying to find the fault.
    first thing though, disconnect that tacho before it cooks your whole electrical system.
    best of luck
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  10. 2nd April 2009, 10:17 PM #10
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    If the module was dead would i still power to the coil or not?
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