69 911 no spark-any suggestions??

[der Geist]

I have been working on restoring a '69 911T for a quite a while now and thought I was coming into the home stretch...

This week:
Replaced both batteries, distributor cap and rotor, bosch german blue coil, points, plugs and wires. Checked all the gaps twice, reseated the cap and triple checked all the wires. Everything is OK.

No spark.

Checked it all again and checked all the fuses in the fuse box. All OK. Went out today and bought a meter. Called permatune tech dept for help about the Capacitive Discharge unit. Downloaded the technical data from permatune and did a bench check on it with the ohm meter and everthing matches with the factory data sheet so I assume that it is working OK. The coil tests at 3 ohms on a very old analog meter (with a weak battery) and 3.5 on a new digital ohm meter.

Tonight was checking all the grounds that I could find. Permatune brown is grounded fine. Batteries are grounded fine. As well as about 6 other grounds I found, all fine.

Anyone got any suggestestions??? If I didn't shave my head already I would have lost all my hair over this. Was so mad today I almost put it up for sale on eBay. Almost.

Also-does anyone know where I can get a diagram of the ignition switch? It doesn't seem to be in the Haynes manual. Much of the time I could be working on this I am alone and it would be nice if I could crank the car from the engine compartment. I found an old pistol grip remote switch in my toolbox but I need to know which connections to jump in the ignition switch to get the starter to kick.

ANY help would be SOOO appreciated! I really don't want to spend 300-400 on a new permatune if it is at all possible.



Martin
'03 Boxster
'69 911T in progress -

[RoninLB]

If I remember correctly the 3 pin connector is for permanent positive, a ignition sw triggered positive, and a dizzy wire ?

if mine I would disconnect the connector and run a direct battery wire to the two positives and rig the dizzy wire. If it starts or it doesn't you will still be a long way along to a permanent fix.

a permanent remote starter jump momentary on switch installed in the engine compartment is a home run.