Car Wont start??????
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ive circled the 2 settings in red youll need. the v is for volts, the other setting is the ohms. well check the coil first. it will be on the intake, near the distributor, just follow the wire from the distributor to it. under the wire that runs to the distributor will be a plug with 4 prongs. unplug that. on the connector on the coil, put the red connector on the metal contact of the plug on the top left. then the black connector to a ground. set the volt meter to the ohm setting. you should get a really high number or something like OF or something to let you know its infinite.
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for the ohm tests or the volt test? if you got 13v from the pink and black wire on the plug that connects to the coil, thats right. it means your coil is getting power.
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all the ohm tests are done on the coil itself. 2 of the test should read infinite, and one should be zero or close to it. to figure out how your volt meter reads infinite, just turn it on to the ohm setting. without touching the leads to anything it will read infinite and display some sort of symbol for it.
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the attached pic shows where youll place the leads for the ohm tests. #1 & #3 should read infinate, #2 should be zero.
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ok so turned the key on and put the red lead to every one of the four plugs in the connectors and the black lead to a ground. got nothing. was on volts too. nothing when i did the tests for the ohm either.
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for the ohm test, you had the volt meter on the ohm setting and not the volt setting right?
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i dont know if they can test the coil, but i doubt it. give them a call and see.
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and if youre not getting any power to the coil, theres a problem with the wiring that could have fried the coil.
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then your coil is defiantly fried. and im pretty sure you have a wiring issue as well. unfortunately im not much help with wiring problems unless im actually hands on.
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sorry for the long delay here. ive been real sick and finally feelin better today to get out to the garage. ok so my multimeter is working. the ignition coil i think must be no good. should i just replace it and hop it was that or try to find if its the wiring thats not getting to the coil. i just dont want to replace stuff if its not the problem... strapped on cash here
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if it failed the ohm test the coil is fried. one of the wires could have shorted and fried it. either way youll need to replace it, and find why its not getting power
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ok so i just fixed it. it was just the coil. replacced it and bam. thanks everyone for your help i can now drive my new car. thanks a lot travis for all the help i woulda been lost without ur help. u guys are great on this thread. thnx
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