1993 RPM's drop to 0 when I accelerate

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06-14-2014, 06:44 PM

mhouseman

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Originally Posted by mk378

You can tell if the camshaft (and the distributor) is turning by taking the oil filling cap off and watching the rocker arms move (or not). Be careful not to fire the coil into an open circuit, if you're going to crank with the cap off, hold a grounded test wire near the coil output spring so that any sparks have somewhere to go.

If no spark, check that the distributor is getting 12 volts power on the big black and yellow wire. It should have power both with the key on and while cranking. You can do this with the cap on.

Also you should put the test jumper in and see if there are any ECU codes.

I checked the coil and was getting no spark. I checked for power and it was getting 10.5-11 volts.

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06-15-2014, 10:32 AM

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Does anyone have any suggestions of what brand ignition coil I should buy? Or anywhere online that has quality parts with fair pricing? thanks

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07-29-2014, 12:59 PM

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So I replaced the main relay and the ignition coil. When the battery is on(II) the coil is getting about 11 volts so all good, but when I crank the engine the coil doesn't spark. What could be going on?

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07-30-2014, 08:42 AM

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Did you change the igniter ??

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07-30-2014, 11:23 AM

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Did you change the igniter ??

I ordered one, should be here tomorrow. I think I may need new wires that go from the igniter to the coil.

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08-01-2014, 04:36 PM

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So I got the new igniter and after I installed it and was hooking it back up the yellow/black wire broke.

I can't fix it either. In fact all the wires down there look kind of bad. I guess my next question is where is a good place to look for those replacement wires.

I need the wires that run from the igniter to the coil. Thanks for the help fellas.