firing problem on a dauntless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the wire looks fine and i just set the points on the tip of the lope and i set them at .020 and still no fire out of the distributor

 

any ideas i got spark comin out of the point i just cant get it out of the cap the wire ffrom the coil looks good . will a hei solve it if so where can i get one on the cheap ?

 

Wow, I can't believe I typed what I did earlier, long day I guess.

I really feel bad now especially since I still run a pointed distributor!!

 

You do have the rotor on there don't you, and it's new?

 

I knew that you knew that he knew. He just had a brain fart. I have them all the time so maybe they are contagious..

 

yep the rotor is new

 

Replace your coil wire. It may be bad and you can't tell by just looking at it. If this does not solve the problem then your next step it to try a new coil. The points will fire even with a bad coil or wire.

 

the coil is new i just bought it

 

i put the volt meter on it on the wire turned over and its reading 9v when turning the motor over

 

right i pulled off the distributor and put the pos lead in the wire and was getiing 9v on it so i assumed the wire was good

 

yea but i figuared if i had voltage goin through it then it was good

 

will a 76 buick skyhawk with a 231 distributor work for the dauntless ? i heard that was a good hei conversion?

 

everything new and still no fire........... do you have power to the coil while cranking? some require a seperate wire from the starter solenoid to power the coil while cranking. have you verified that the points open and then close compleatly? do you have the coil wire in the correct place? (center of cap) can you get spark out of the high voltage lead from the coil to ground? is there a metal strip on the rotor? (could be a defective rotor if not) not trying to be a smart @$$ but something is just not adding up here.......

 

I think that we all knew that you knew, it just didnt come out right

 

one other thing to check, turn the dist cap upside down, some have a carbon tit on the coil lead inside the cap if its gone (fell out, broke off etc) then the gap may be too far for the voltage to jump. if your cap is setup like this it will be the center post and it will just not look right, and this can cause your symptoms