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Hey all, I am not really a car enthusiast, my thing is motorcycles, specifically early harleys. Recently ... flush the radiator and it's been sweet ever since. Recently the car started losing spark intermittently. I would be driving along and it would just lose power all of a sudden, ...

... available and cheap. "CA too hard to run on carbs because it has no dissie"......... What the actual fuck here? Firstly, why would you ... must insist on using agricultural garbage like carbs, a simple wasted spark electronic ignition triggerd by the stock CAS is not exactly rocket ...

Hi Wout, congrats! This is a very thorough looking engine build! Thanks! :D Have some ignition problems to sort, because it won't spark. It's an E16S B12 distributor but the car has a B11 coil. Also have some pictures from the gearbox overhaul... https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4778/26924502008_78547a7274_c.jpg ...

10mm ignition leads, rear engine mount, spark plugs and a sander all bought, dash is almost back in.

thinking about it, i may have knocked a plug when taking the dash out and that could cause the fuel pump not to work.....

thinking of getting some replica bride seats

... available for $75 so i'll get a set custom made in a couple of weeks to go with the MSD blaster 3 ignition coil to ensure there is an overkill of spark rear of the car is jacked up and halfway through removing the rear trailing arms to rebush them not long now until the car gets sanded down and ...

ok so i have spent a few hours at my shed i now have a racetech inlet manifold on and plumbed up iv had spark issues that i have now fixed well i hope iv fixed i replaced the dizzy and spark returned havent had the car to run yet due to a flat battery which ill be replacing ...

... a red light, it misses on idle and coughs and hesitates when I try to accelerate. I've cleaned up and actually replaced the carburetor, replaced spark plugs, distributor cap and rotor, ignition coil, nothing seems to make a difference. The engine will also start on three cylinders rather often ...

just for shits and giggles try another dizzy if you have one i reckon the cas has shat it self so apart from havi ng no spark you will also not have an injector pulse

I tested the spark by holding it with some insulated pliers just above the rocker cover and getting a friend to start the car - I tested all spark plugs. I worked backwards from there... I can hear the fuel pump priming, all other ...

Are you sure there is no spark? What did you do to determine this?

Does the fuel pump prime when you crank the engine?


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... The car started fine this morning, I went to try and start it this afternoon and it now has no spark. I've checked the following: -Spark plugs - no spark -Distributor cap - cleaned contacts ...

... run of the day was a 9.66 with a very shit reaction time and a stuffed inlet manifold gasket i would have like to run the microtech but i have had spark issues with it so it was all ran on a stock ecu

... putting it back together. The new ARP stud that is located in front of cylinder 3... it's sitting proud and preventing access, so I couldn't get a spark plug socket into the hole. I am sure I double checked to see it was seated down correctly so i'm a bit unsure of why it's sitting up. I also purchased ...

... starter and that's it. Kinda seems like maybe a fuel system thing? Not sure if the ignition's at fault; the lead off the coil shows a nice regular spark, but it looks a bit pissy and yellow... Any ideas?

... the first radiator hose, couldn't see what was wrong as it was dark by now so decided to call it a day. Returned in the morning to fix it and found ... it. Then to start the car, had poured a small amount of oil down the spark plugs as the engine is ten years dry, no im hoping this hasn't caused ...