Okay, today's saga. I bought a voltmeter and checked the voltage at the new
solder/splice and it read battery voltage, so it was a good solder joint.
I then put the two leads into the connector that feeds the ignition coil.
It read zero. I turned the ignition on it still read zero. I had my wife
crank the engine and it still read zero.
Question, is the voltage to the ignition coil a constant voltage or is it
intermitent as fed by the PCM. If intermitent, or instantanious, would a
voltmeter set on DC volts read the voltage?
Also, can you take the ignition coil and hold the top (where the spark plug
wire goes) close to ground/engine block and expect to see a spark when
cranking? I haven't done this yet, but it seems like you should be able to
do this.
Thanks,
-Ron M
95 CC V6 Sport
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 9:08 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
>
> Coil or coil pickup, (in the distributor)...
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Ron
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 8:42 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Help! Dead Dakota
>
>
> Am I allowed to reply to my own message :)
>
> Hey, so I finally pulled one of the spark plugs, reattached the wire,
wife
> cranked the car and no spark. Went to the store, they thought ignition
coil
> and talked me out of cap and rotor. 33 dollars later, still no spark.
Next
> trip is cap, rotor, and wires I suppose.
>
> I am thinking I should also buy an ohmmeter and check power to the coil.
>
> Any other thoughts as it just started raining and the truck is outside, so
I
> am in.
>
> Thanks,
> -Ron M.
> 95 CC V6 Sport
>
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