That's what I was in the process of doing when I started checking things with my Vmeter and found I apparently had full power to the feed wire. I'll give it a try anyway and let you know what happens.
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No Spark w/HEI
I removed and replaced the HEI while working on my car and now get NO SPARK. There is a full 12V at the wire I had previously run when the ignition switch is in run. If I have my Voltmeter on the wire then "touch" the wire to the BATT terminal in the cap...voltage drops to less than a volt (I don't know if that's significant or a red herring). I swapped out the coil AND the module from another running HEI equipped car and the other car ran fine, but the "new" parts still had me spark free. Swapped everything back...no changes. I'm sure it's something stupid and simple that I'm overlooking...but I'm more than a bit frustrated and confused. Heeeeeelp!?!?
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OK so mostly good news here...ran a wire directly from the +battery post to the BATT connector on the cap and Voila! engine fires! Obviously had to pull the wire to shut it back off.
So where do I go from here? The "IGN" terminal I used before from the fuse block does appear to pass 12V with the ignition key in run. It just gets sucked down to 1V when I actually connect it to the distributor. Help me understand. Any suggestions on how to make it work from the fuse block OR another place to tap an IGN circuit?
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So where do I go from here? The "IGN" terminal I used before from the fuse block does appear to pass 12V with the ignition key in run. It just gets sucked down to 1V when I actually connect it to the distributor. Help me understand. Any suggestions on how to make it work from the fuse block OR another place to tap an IGN circuit?
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