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

Hey guys this saga still continues. After getting a lumenition system of waxenwayne and fitting that up and still no go due to the module being dead I decided to go back in time and fitted up the points dizzy that I had sitting around. Now it almost starts once then just cranks. I have got spark from the coil but very weak only about 1mm. And there is no spark from any of the leads. The dizzy cap, leads, and spark plugs are only about 3 months old. Anyone got any ideas what could be causing such a little amount of spark coming from the coil which is brand new and its the same with the old one as well. This is driving me nuts, I am really considering getting it going and selling it to buy a diesel 60 series cruiser for reliability.
Cheers Kris

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Did you disconnect the tacho?

Cheers
Simon

..........in the name of an unnamed red head ...
......"please explain"..............


cheers

Yeah the tacho was smoking when this whole problem started.

Did you get 7 volt coils?

On earlier Rangies they usually have 2 + leads to the coil. one is 12V and only powers while starting and the second is a resistance (white)wire which feeds 7V to the coil all the time the engine is running.

You know it is coil negative terminal Low tension T to Dizzy .

Other than that maybe you have yet another bad coil.

Regard sPhilip A

I suspect you are using an electronic ignition issue coil, you need an earlier model.

Thanks for that Wayne the lights just went on which coil should I use is a Bosch gt40r work and would I need to use a resistor as well.

Thank You so much

if youve got the points dizzy in

run 1 wire from the battery to the + side of the coil and crank it over.

if it doesnt start and run then (assuming fuel and all else is well)

disconnect the coil

run a small light between the battery and the dizzy points lead and turn it over slowly (by hand on the fan or a spanner on the nut of the alternator) if the light doesnt blink theres something wrong with the points.

hows the battery voltage while cranking?

gooroos, any chance the dizzy is now incorrectly aligned? That should not affect the health of the spark but will stuff up timing and make staring a problem.

Where abouts in the wild west are you?