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i turned the key for the first time yesterday, and ....don't seem to have ignition. the car is a 1961 giulietta sprint with a 1750. the car is still positive ground, and has lucas rotating electrics. the distributor is marelli, and the coil is a bosch blue.
i ohmed the coil yesterday; it's good. when i take the coil to distributor wire off at the distributor and place it near ground and crank the engine, there's no arc. when i remove a plug, reconnect it to it's wire, and crank the engine, there's no visible spark.
when i check voltage at the coil across the small terminals, i get a negative -12.4v reading. any significance? the - terminal of coil goes to the distributor, the + comes from the instuments [i think ] and goes on to the fuel pump, which works fine.
i'm considering reversing the + and the - at the coil, but of course am also fond of keeping the smoke inside the wires
any thoughts?
i was told by the po the car hadn't been started for around 10 years. it's got a new battery, ignition wires [green] and fresh plugs.
i ohmed the coil yesterday; it's good. when i take the coil to distributor wire off at the distributor and place it near ground and crank the engine, there's no arc. when i remove a plug, reconnect it to it's wire, and crank the engine, there's no visible spark.
when i check voltage at the coil across the small terminals, i get a negative -12.4v reading. any significance? the - terminal of coil goes to the distributor, the + comes from the instuments [i think ] and goes on to the fuel pump, which works fine.
i'm considering reversing the + and the - at the coil, but of course am also fond of keeping the smoke inside the wires
i was told by the po the car hadn't been started for around 10 years. it's got a new battery, ignition wires [green] and fresh plugs.
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