ok. this is the situation, my car isn't starting, It has a new cap a new rotor and new spark plug wires and what not.


ok I try starting ... nothing.

I pull a spark plug and keep the wire on it and ground it and try to start the engine. no spark.


ok so I hooked up the spark plug directly to the ignition coil.
It sparks when the car first starts cranking and then sometimes when I stop cranking.


I thought the ignition coil would spark 8 times every time around?

What am I doing wrong? anyone? lol I have an apointment to have the cars mufflers put on tomorrow gotta get it started somehow any help is appreciated.


- Firl

 

try checking the control mod on the dist

 

how would I check it correctly?

 

couldnt tell ya how to check them,I just have em layin around..if I think its bad I swap it...if id changed everything you have and still have nothing the control mod is a where I would look next. but somebody will pop up here and probably give more indepth info than I and tell you what the prob is

 

check the wires plugging into the cap, the battery wire more specifially. if its lose/broke, that could cause that (the one right by the plug for the tach)

 

going into the cap i have a set of 4 wires in 1 plug, and a set of 2 wires in the other, want me to check the ones with 2 wires in it?

 

make sure those 2 plugs are plugged in SECURELY. when i first bought my car, i nailed it through an intersection, and the plug with the 2 wires came out just a bit and the car died. after looking over the car for about 20 mintues we finally noticed it. pushed it down, and it fired right up. good luck.

 

I think ... that might be it. Does the ignition coil need to be grounded?