Onlybackroads
Senior Member
Hey folks, getting real close to firing up my car, but I can't get spark at all. Here is my situation:
Before the accident, I re-wired my entire car. The car then sat for two and a half years post accident. I just picked up a spare chassis with an engine that supposedly runs. So far I have swapped everything over, including my wiring harness which still looked almost new, no abrasions from the accident, no loose terminals. My starter works, horn works, dash light works, haven't hooked the lights up yet but that wouldn't matter in my case. Here is what I've tried so far to get spark: distributor that came with new chassis, my old distributor with two different condensers (one brand new,) 3 different coils, cleaned both sets of points on each distributor, set timing and gap, tried running wiring harness as-is and also bypassed all switches and fuses to hardwire, two different ammeters, cleaned my grounds, different spark plugs, different rotors, different cap and body, what is going on?!? Sorry for the lengthy post but I am just about falling over in a puzzled stupor. Anything obvious I should try? The popout cable has continuity and isn't grounding out either, which was the case when I first got the car (so I then replaced.) Thanks for any insight, I am so close to starting my car after so long...
Before the accident, I re-wired my entire car. The car then sat for two and a half years post accident. I just picked up a spare chassis with an engine that supposedly runs. So far I have swapped everything over, including my wiring harness which still looked almost new, no abrasions from the accident, no loose terminals. My starter works, horn works, dash light works, haven't hooked the lights up yet but that wouldn't matter in my case. Here is what I've tried so far to get spark: distributor that came with new chassis, my old distributor with two different condensers (one brand new,) 3 different coils, cleaned both sets of points on each distributor, set timing and gap, tried running wiring harness as-is and also bypassed all switches and fuses to hardwire, two different ammeters, cleaned my grounds, different spark plugs, different rotors, different cap and body, what is going on?!? Sorry for the lengthy post but I am just about falling over in a puzzled stupor. Anything obvious I should try? The popout cable has continuity and isn't grounding out either, which was the case when I first got the car (so I then replaced.) Thanks for any insight, I am so close to starting my car after so long...
