Does the electice travel from the starter, to the flywheel, and then the distributor rotor, then the cap, and then to the coil. My coil doesn't show any electric activity and and I think that the distributor cap is cracked, or the rotor is messed up. I need some help? Someone help me.

 

Because I replaced my ingnition coil last night and no electric appered. But I think it is the distributor cap is cracked. Could that be the problem.

 

The cap has nothing to do with the coil getting power it could stop spark but not power getting to the coil. Check if you have voltage to the coil first (the small wires going in). If you are saying you have no spark coming off the coil I would ask how you are checking it and go from there also what was you original problem so we know where to start there are alot of guys on this board more knowledgable than me but haveing all the info is always a good place to start.


Steve

 

Well I'm not sure what it is called but we connected to the positive and negitive end of the battery, and then touched inside the coil wire. But the plug wires aren't getting spark either. We checked that by putting a screwdriver inside the wire and touching that screwdriver(metal part) to the metal on the engine. I wasn't sure what size the plugs were so I did that in a hurry.

 

Whew don't know where to start on this one. first you can not just put power to a coil wire from the bat and get anything the coil puts out around 80,000 volts to power the plugs. I would suggest getting a haynes manual and a cheap multimeter and follow their steps for checking spark.