ttocs
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With long tubes on it you better hope this isn't the solution needed
94 GT starter engages but won’t spin motor.
- Thread starter chrisp427
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So, went back to the basics, checking grounds, measuring voltage at the starter etc, etc, and what does I find? A brand New no good Duralast battery! Swapped it out and the car turned over. But now I’m getting no spark. I have a Fast ignition box and E92 coil. No spark at the plugs.
Gregomatic
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Actually, she hadn't heard that either, but I could tell she appreciated the addition to her toolbox vocabulary!!
Gregomatic
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So do you think the Duralast was not in a fully charged state when you first installed it?
Or that it failed at some point in your testing? Something isn't computing but I can't put a finger on it.
I know some things actually are faulty right off the shelf, that has happened to me.
But now I have over half a dozen new questions bouncing back and forth in my head.
And with a good battery you have no spark.
Man I think I need to just scratch my brain for a sec.
Scott, pass me a multitester, maybe I'll run some brain diagnostics while I'm scratchin...
ttocs
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Hands gregomatic a tazer and stands back with a dangerous grin.....
I think the battery was bad from the jump. I’m checking the distributor connections to see why I have no spark.
It's been a long thread, are you certain you had spark initially....
Greg, just happy to pass on the joy of language to others. Feel free to share any useful words you may have as well!
Huh, did somebody say how is the battery? JK I usually can't find the tool I just put down....
Greg, just happy to pass on the joy of language to others. Feel free to share any useful words you may have as well!
Huh, did somebody say how is the battery? JK I usually can't find the tool I just put down....
ttocs
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how are you testing for spark?
ttocs
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does the coil have power?
RAU03MACH
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Probably the TFI on passenger side of car or on the distributor
Distributor has power but the coil does not. I put the multi meter on the coil power wire while cranking and got nothing. This wire runs straight to the FAST ignition box which does have power. I’m going to check the connection to the coil wire at the ignition box. Any ideas anyone!
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Hall affectt switch in the dizzy would be my guess
ttocs
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make sure the fan is going on in both low/high speed.
Oh boy, the fan has a low and high speed? My fan has 3 wires, red,black and orange/red. I put power to the red and the fan comes on. I put power to the orange/red stripe wire and it pops the fuse. What am I missing here?
ttocs
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yes the fan has 2 speeds, and the 3 wires control it. One wire for low speed, one wire for high speed and one wire for ground.
I am not sure why you are just throwing power on random wires, it would tell us a lot more if you put a meter on it with it running and saw if you had any voltage on the wires. Also disconnect the harness and inspect it to see if it has shown signs of getting hot/melting/arching.
Well ttocs, I’m not just throwing power to random wires, they have relays before the fan. Before google and YouTube this is what you had to do. The wires don’t heat up when the fan is running no matter how long I let it run. I need to figure out why it pops the fuse when power is out to the orange/red stripe wire.
ttocs
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sounds like you were guessing here but maybe I am wrong?
I will date myself by saying I was working on cars prior to youtube and I will again say that a volt meter on those wires will tell us 10x more than it pops a fuse when power is on this wire and the wires do not get hot. The red/orange wire is the low speed fan power wire but I am not going to be able to tell you why it blows a fuse.
