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Hi all took the advice given went back to points and good news got a spark on the plugs.Wonder if the electronic distributor was faulty . Thanks for all the help


Andy

cheers will check in the morning

Andy

Afternoon just done the two tests as suggested on the 3 coils 1 coil is dead which was new, the other 2 coils show as follows 2.9 and 3.2 ohms and 8.23 and 8.9 kilo ohms. then tried the test reference to get a spark from the king lead by putting king lead near block and earthing out the negative lea...

Hi thanks for the the info the car is negative earth, will do the coil test tomorrow but have already checked it a couple of days ago and was ok. As for the other test regarding the HT lead again i will do tomorrow ,again ive already done this test but how you have explained it i don't think i did i...

I ve got a haynes manual been through the tests in that but no luck. Just fitted the electronic dizzy no spark but battery fairly low.

Andy

cheers thanks for that, when i did the test it said remove negative wire from the coil to do the test. Also the post about the points that's what i thought should still spark but just run rough. Also if i open the points manually no spark, In a nutshell no spark anywhere that's what i can't work out...

Firstly thank you for the reply ,i'm pulling my hair out try to get the old girl to go. On the Moggy forum there was a test to check coil , which if i remember right said remove the king lead from the dizzy cap a hold close to the engine block, then attach a lead with a good earth point on the car a...

HI all from a new member, got a problem with my moggy no spark from king lead on the coil or plugs ,or the points . The coil is new and tried another two new ones as well.I have 12 volts to the coil showing on multimeter.i only get a very faint spark if i short the king lead out. Also tried a new el...