dylan Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 my little hilux appears to have no spark out the plug leads about a month ago i replaced the coil,plugs,points,dizzy cap and rotor so these should still be fine yes?.. also i do have power to my coil and earth im gonna replace the condenser and earth wire in the distributer tomorro as it looks a little ratty any guidence on other things i should look for would be much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 what gap did you set the points to? And did you set the points at the top of the points cam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 ah cant remember now but i looked the points gap up on autodata when i replaced them and yes set at the top of the points cam its been running sweet for the last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 2 things.. Did you clean the surface of the points before putting them in? They have an anticorrosion coating on them from the factory and that needs to be rubbed off otherwise it gives you weird and irregular conductivity - the way I clean the coating off is by opening the points and then clamping the 2 sides of the contacts on your sleeve or suchlike and rub them vigorously back and forth 10-20 times.. If you have done that then recheck the points gap and make sure you have put a very thin smear of grease on the points cam to lubricate the rubbing block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 alright ill grease the rubbing block and also recheck/set the gap tomorro night and yea i gave the points a rub with light grit wet and dry sandpaper before fitting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 All good - can try eliminate the most common faults first and work to the more complicated later.. Also make sure it is a tiny smear - too much and the grease will centrifuge off and can contaminate the points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 yea true that... it has an alarm and immobiliser also but that appears to be working fine when its immobilised theres no power at the coil and when i press the beep beep button there is power there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoBilly Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 have you checked that there is spark at the end of the coil lead? is there any spark at any of the spark plugs was it runing after you did the points etc check that you points gap still set right could have moved what condition is the inside of the dizzy cap in all the contacts good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 problem found to be faulty condenser......... cheers fellas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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