Ignition Woes

[JimNB]

I have been researching my issue on Pelican and have read many of your posts and am hopeful you all can point me in the right direction.

My car died. When I checked the coil there was no spark.

I found that one of the fuses (top one) of the block of three was bad, so I changed that. The car then started.

The next day the car died again. By died, I mean it would turn over till the cows come home but would not fire.

I checked for spark at the coil. None. I checked the fuses. All fine.

I pulled the 14 pin connector and found a burned ground wire. Repaired the wire and the car fired up.

One thing I should add is that I had the car rust proofed and the damn stuff got everywhere. I don't know if that has an effect on electrical connections.

I cleaned all the connections I could see, checked the cap and rotor and points and all looked fine.

The car ran great for a day. The smoothest to date in fact.

Now when I run the car for more than 10 minutes and turn it off for 3 minutes or so (the time it takes to run into the store for a quart of milk), the car becomes hard to start. It will eventually catch, but it's a little annoying not being confident.

The only thing I have not changed are the points and I am beginning to suspect them.

Any other ideas ?

[Wayne 962]

A ground wire doesn't burn by itself. Sounds like an intermittant short that you need to track down. If you don't, it sounds like you will continue to have these problems...

-Wayne