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Old 10-16-2009, 01:54 AM   #1
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no spark from coil please help

i have a 305 z28 and i just swapped cam's. now i have no spark from the coil. all my grounds are good that i know of. i have 4 on the passenger side head and 3 on the driver head. the 3 and 4 wire plug in the dist... the 2, 2 wire plugs in the coil. still no spark from coil. the coil is brand new. please help
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Old 10-16-2009, 11:48 AM   #2
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Re: no spark from coil please help

CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS.
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Old 10-16-2009, 03:10 PM   #3
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Re: no spark from coil please help

i did. i made sure everything was tight. do you think the ignition control moduale went bad? im trying to get this running today.
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Old 10-16-2009, 05:10 PM   #4
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Re: no spark from coil please help

You can pull the HEI module and take it to checkers/autozone and they can test it so you can rule that out as being the problem.
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Old 10-16-2009, 05:53 PM   #5
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Re: no spark from coil please help

i will do that right now thanks. if thats not the problem then what would it be?
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Old 10-16-2009, 06:03 PM   #6
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Re: no spark from coil please help

What kind of coil do you have ? a external coil or the HEI in cap style ?
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Old 10-16-2009, 07:59 PM   #7
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Re: no spark from coil please help

i have both. hei inside cap and coil on outside. just replaced hei. and coil tested good.
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Old 10-16-2009, 09:35 PM   #8
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Re: no spark from coil please help

You can't have both . I think you mean you have the hei cap with the coil on the top. If the coil is good ,I would say you either did not install the copper ground strap that is part of the coil the metal strap gets connected to the coils frame and is grounded through the connecter. Or you broke a wire somewhere in the connector wire back track the wires .Check your power going to the distributor at the connecter that says Batt. next to the tach connector..........
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Old 10-17-2009, 12:13 AM   #9
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Re: no spark from coil please help

no....the hei module is inside the cap below the rotor. and the coil is mounted next to the dist on the outside...i checked the wires going to my starter, and they all have power. im not getting a pulse reading out of coil.
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Old 10-17-2009, 10:32 PM   #10
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Re: no spark from coil please help

Then you have a external coil like I asked earlier. Do you have power going to coil ?Trace the wires from the coil connector plug (not the starter wires) something got knocked loose.........or broken connecter somewhere.........if you can't find the problem ,call a hook and get it to a mechanic...............

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Old 10-17-2009, 10:37 PM   #11
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Re: no spark from coil please help

post some pics of your dist and coil ................
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