Was drivng home from the store, car died! Checked for spark, none! Changed teh coil, no change! Changed the ignition module......NOTHING! STUMPED AND PISSED! Please help

 

What engine/induction?

Probably a loose wire someplace, have you checked for power to the proper places?

 

91z, 5.7 tpi engine. NO codes, replaced distributor cap ?????

 

Have you tried a new rotor?

I still carry one around in my car; back in the Civil War days, I got a couple of dates by rescuing damsels in distress whose rotor had failed while driving down the road..... and I could make their car instantly start up and drive just like it did, like nothing ever happened, in about 30 seconds.

 

NEW rotor and cap, module, coil,,,STILL NO SPARK??? WTF!???

I am ready to take a ****ing sludge hammer to the ****ing thing!!

 

Let's start simple: is the battery dead? And how are you checking for spark?

 

have you checked the picup coil?

 

Battery is good. Been checking spark by putting a plug into the wire and grounding it on the intake.

HOW do you check the pick up ??? That was my next guess. GUESS!

I put a test light to the module and the wires going to the module. Now, I got power when I put the test light to the two prong wire that goes to the coil from the distributor, but no juice on any of the 4 prong's of the second plug. None on the module which is new. No juice to any of the two prongs that hook to the distributor? I'm thinking my pick up is fired? Never had to deal with this ever???????

Your help is greatly appricated!

 

check the battery connections and make sure they are not corroded, also check your battery ground too.. that would shut you down.

 

Thanks, have done that! one of the first things I did! Start simple and go deeper Deeper I think I may be the pick up. How do you check to see if it is functioning correclty?

 

OK, I changed the mag. pick up, STILL NOTHING! NO SPARK!!!! So my next question is;

WHen I put a test light to the ignition mod. Which termainals shoud light the light up? THere is one terminal that goes to the coil which has 2 prongs. then, there is the second prong which has 4 terminals. There is also two prongs which go to the magnetic pick up.

H E L P PLEASE:hail:

fuel psi is 43psi
changed mod.
changed coil
changed mag. pickup