2.3 not firing

[Bryan22]

sorry for cluttering up your thread bud. maybe this will help you. http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairGuide.htm?pageId=0900c15280077d67

 

[snowman_mj69]

Alright, so I replaced the pick-up coil in the distributor. Still no freakin spark out of the coil. I checked the wires going into the coil. One side I have a constant 12 volts no matter with the key on or off. The other wire which looks green or blue with a white stripe, reads nothing at all. Where does this wire go? Is there any voltage suppose to go through this wire? Help! I am really hating this truck right now!

Thank you for your time.

Mike

 

[Bryan22]

did you say if you replaced the coil or not? http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairGuide.htm?pageId=0900c15280077d5a did you check the supply voltage to those wires like it says to there?

 

[Bob Ayers]

Alright, so I replaced the pick-up coil in the distributor. Still no freakin spark out of the coil. I checked the wires going into the coil. One side I have a constant 12 volts no matter with the key on or off. The other wire which looks green or blue with a white stripe, reads nothing at all. Where does this wire go? Is there any voltage suppose to go through this wire? Help! I am really hating this truck right now!

Thank you for your time.

Mike

A couple strange things, the 12V on your coil should go to ZERO with the key off. You mentioned in your first post that you measured .9 OHMS on the coil.
Which terminals, and were the wires disconnected from the coil? From your voltage readings, 12V on one terminal, and nothing on the other sounds like
your coil is BAD! You should measure 12V on both coil terminals when it isn't running.

 

[snowman_mj69]

I measured the .9 ohms from the terminal post inside the coil where you connect the wires from the engine wiring harness (no wires were connected during this test). The 12 volts is coming from the wiring harness when not plugged into the coil, but only the red wire is reading 12v and nothing from the other wire.

 

[Bryan22]

sounds like a problem with the wiring going to the coil, or the ignition. try to trace the wire and see if it's been mangled.

 

[Bob Ayers]

I measured the .9 ohms from the terminal post inside the coil where you connect the wires from the engine wiring harness (no wires were connected during this test). The 12 volts is coming from the wiring harness when not plugged into the coil, but only the red wire is reading 12v and nothing from the other wire.

Connect the wires back up to the coil, and repeat the voltage measurements with the ignition OFF, and in the RUN positions.