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318 no spark #1006541
06/04/11 01:37 PM
06/04/11 01:37 PM
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The vehichle is a '73 Dodge W200 truck, I started it up yesterday, and let it run for a while, it started popping and backfiring real bad until it stalled out. Now it has no spark at all. I have replaced the ballast, ECU, and the coil and still nothing. I have power to both sides of the coil with the key on and no spark coming out of it.


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Re: 318 no spark [Re: Ryan_340] #1006542
06/04/11 01:54 PM
06/04/11 01:54 PM
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take off the wire(s)on the coil neg pri terminal and w a jumper wire w alligator clips on each end ground the coil male terminal (not the wire you removed from the terminal) to ground repeatedly like Morse Code and see if that makes the large coil secondary wire (dist end) helpd 1/4" from ground make sparks (key on). If so prob is in the dist (pickup/gap etc) unless you have a loose connection somewhere such as the bulkhead (seperate it & clean/check the brass terminals) or ign sw contacts etc but start by opening the dist & see what you see


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Re: 318 no spark [Re: RapidRobert] #1006543
06/04/11 02:46 PM
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Just checked the gap on pick up in the dist. and its fine.


1972 Power Wagon W100 1973 Power Wagon W200 1971 Duster 1972 Dart Swinger 3-1972 Demons
Re: 318 no spark [Re: Ryan_340] #1006544
06/04/11 02:52 PM
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Ohm it & see what the Morse Code test does


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Re: 318 no spark [Re: Ryan_340] #1006545
06/04/11 03:21 PM
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Have you checked that the distributor is turning while the engine is cranking? The timing chain may have slipped or come off. That happened to me one time.







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