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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:08 pm    Post subject: It won't start! Reply with quote

After replacing every piece of the ignition on my 72 bug engine, the albatros still wont run. It did before i replaced it all. Now, i did install petronix electronic ignition, do i have to do some special tuning for this? Im completely lost here...

I did check for power, and everything IS getting power...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

did you test if you have spark?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

no spark...the first thing i check every time i try something...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: IT WONT START!!! Reply with quote

hrbe53 wrote:
After replacing every piece of the ignition on my 72 bug engine, the albatros still wont run. It did before i replaced it all. Now, i did install petronix electronic ignition, do i have to do some special tuning for this? Im completely lost here...


Try points. Change too many things at once and you can't troubleshoot.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just work backwards, no spark so check to see if the coils getting power
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

screw that! I've already gone through two sets cause every place has some different condensor or points that ends up frying. Dont doubt me, the last one gave a very very dark smoke...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:21 pm    Post subject: Re: IT WONT START!!! Reply with quote

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I did check for power, and everything IS getting power...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if your coils getting power and still no spark then i would say you either have a bad coil, your wireing to your distributer is wrong or you have a bad electronic ignition.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ktphil's right, i hate points too but i have a good distributer set up with them that i can through in for just this situation. it's an easy way to tell
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

could be somthing stupid like the wrong rotor or cap...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hrbe53 wrote:
screw that! I've already gone through two sets cause every place has some different condensor or points that ends up frying. Dont doubt me, the last one gave a very very dark smoke...

But why did you get smoke? Did you get smoke just before this project began? Is this the reason for the complete replacement of the system? Have you checked battery voltage? Its possible that if you have tried starting it too much the battery isnt giving enough voltage to the electronic ignition module therefor no start, because the biggest draw(the starter) is using all the juice; nothing left for the little guys(the module)or like guitarcrazee05 said if its not working and its got power the coil or the module are dead.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The condensor had an extra plug on it, it touched after i fought it for an hour trying to have it not, and it smoked my nose out! Also, im getting power clear to the center of the distributor cap. I think i have the wrong rotor. We just ant gettin any spark...everything else checked out... Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i thought you said you had an electronic ignition? you don't use a condensor if you have an electronic ignition, it's all built in.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

he said something about smoke and i asked where it came from, thats why he broght up the condensor. that situation , i belive, is one reason he`s not gonna put points back in the car ever. from what i gather and someone else has suggested it its probably a bad cap or rotor
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:09 am    Post subject: Re: It won't start! Reply with quote

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After replacing every piece of the ignition on my 72 bug engine, the albatros still wont run. ...


Don't blame the car....it ran before you fixed it!

There seems to be a little confusion as to when you got smoke.

If this was AFTER the pertronix was installed, my guess is you smoked the pertronix.

If it was before, well then maybe you did something else wrong when you installed the pertronix.

Same cap & rotor? If not, put the old ones back on and see what you get.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

is the pertronix hooked up to the correct side of the coil?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dur on the whole "electronic dont use condensors"

Yes, it is wired correctly.

The old cap and rotor are MIA, and smoke was before
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