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55 ignition problems



Roger:

 

The situation is as I understand it spark at the coil wire and no spark at the plug. That leaves the rotor and the coil as the two only suspects.

I have seen rotors with carbon tracks to ground and caps the same way. Try a rotor first as your most likely suspect.

Ernie and The Black Bitc_.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Casagrande
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:49 PM
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Subject: IML: 55 ignition problems

 

My 55 Imperial has lost its "spark". The car has run from November 2003 when I got to about a month ago. I checked the spark by removing the #1 plug and with the wire attached put the plug base to the intake manifold and had someone turn over the engine. No spark was seen at the plug. I checked the coil by putting a plug with a 0.175" gap between the coil output and the manifold and got a solid blue spark. I changed the points and condenser and checked that the primary wire was not grounded when both points were open.

 

Another note is that I have the center portion of the dash off to repair the radio and polish the knobs of the controls. I don't know if something in the ignition requires all of the dash controls and radio to be connected.

 

I need some suggestions for further trouble shooting.

 

Roger D. Casagrande



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