

| Subject: | Re: No spark in the Digifant |
| From: | Joe Wagner |
| Date: | Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:25:31 -0400 (EDT) |
You have a bad ignition switch. Try running a wire from the
+B to the + side of the coil.
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Kevin McCaig wrote:
> Greetings from Canada
>
> I'am at the end of my rope. My 86 double Cab hasn't run since late June.
> It just quit on the way home one evening it would start but won't keep
> running. I cleaned the grounds up and away we went for a coupla miles.
> Then she quit altogether. I found there was no spark. I replaced the spark
> plugs, rotor, dist cap and one spark plug wire. then the was no fuel.
> so i took the harness apart and fix the multiple ground connection at the
> front of the engine, the fuel came back. But still no spark. I rang out
> wires to the ECU, cleaned the coil connections tested the coil as per
> bentley OK. brings me to the Hall sender I tried testing it with a
> multimeter(digital Fluke 77) but didn't get a blip. Bentley says to use a
> digital probe. I also did the ground the center lead of the plug to the
> hall center to get 4.5Volts across the coil and didn't get change in
> voltage. I tested all the other switches and the air box and all appear
> OK. As i type this it seems like i have to bite the bullet and replace
> the ECU. I am not too enthsiastic about this as the ECU was replaced 2
> years ago and i feel that these should last the life of the vehicle and not
> less then the life of the exhaust pipes. Any advice or suggestions would be
> welcome.
>
> Kevin McCaig
> 86 double cab
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