RE: IML: My '73 won't start

["Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Usually to check spark I just pull a plug wire and put it on a spare plug 
laid on the firewall.  Is there anything wrong with that method?  I only ask 
because it seems simple compared to most suggested methods.  You suspect 
spark, and as far as the distributor goes, best guess would be the magnetic 
pick up in there.  I assume (dangerous I know) it's electronic ignition and 
that all mopar electronic distributors are the same. The pickups often go 
screwy and you have to set the gap correctly.  Any intelligent response 
would tell you to check where the spark breaks down.  I've heard of new 
boxes and resistors being bad out of the box and the one time spark sounds 
like you may have a bad 4 prong (start-run) ballast. You can check the 
pickup to see if it pulses.  There are instructions on the ignition repair 
section of the website-I don't trust myself to explain.

Rob

> From: "Woolf,Richard T(Contractor)" <richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "'mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: IML: My '73 won't start
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:20:09 -0500
>
> Hello everybody,
>
>  My '73 won't start, and I have replaced electronic box, ballast resister,
> and the other electrical unit on the firewall. The car did start after 
> that,
> but since it's been sitting for a while now it won't start.
>
>
>
> I pulled the coil wire, and when I cranked the engine over I saw one spark
> and that was it. It's not the fuel, because there was plenty of gas in the
> carburetor.
>
> Is there any other spark related items I could change? How about the coil 
> or
> something in the distributor?
>
>
>
> Rich W.
>
> '66 Crown
>
> '73 LeBaron
>
> '75 LeBaron




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