since yours is 74 open the distributor cap and check the internal wires, if
one of the little wires rubs thru to ground you will get no spark. Once you
have the cap off rotate the engine until the points are closed, take the coil
wire from the cap,(still attached to the coil) and hold it near a metal
object, turn the key on, carefully open and close the points manually, there
should be spark at the end of the coil wire, If not remove the -ve wire from
the coil (from distributor to coil), make a short jumper and ground the -ve
terminal of the coil. turn on the key, hold the coil wire near a ground and
touch the remove the jumper wire, If you get spark you have a short or open
someplace between the points and coil or the condenser is bad. If no spark
and you have 12 V at the +ve terminal of the coil the coil is bad.
On 10/15/2007 11:02:15 PM, Greg Schroeder (gschroeder@comcast.net) wrote:
> It seems that my problems have grown. I had installed the new voltage
> regulator and drove the car around after that. Put the car on ramps and
> decided to install my new air pump then noticed the wire end that appeared
> to
> be broken off the plug from the harness to the voltage regulator. It was
> a
> red wire. The starter will turn over, but I am not seeing any spark to
> the
> plugs. I see twleve volts when I move the key to run position on the coil.
> I
> am not really sure what to check next or how to check it. I feel that it
> may
> have something to do with the wire, but it may not. I would think that I
> should be able to start the car just from the battary without the voltage
> regulator hooked up.
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