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Old 07-01-2002, 12:49 AM
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First off you want to check to see if the dizzy has power. There is no use of replacing items that don't need to be replaced. Look up a wiring diagram and see what is constant power and what is break power off the coil. When I did my swap the pin connector in the harness fell into the plug for the dizzy, therefore not giving the coil power. try jumping the coil with a 12v signal. Make sure everything checks out okay like no un pluged wires or so. AND ANOTHER THING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD EARTH GROUND!!!! If needed so run a secondary ground wire to the chassis and one to the engine. I had that problem and was about to replace the ecu or dist. Luckly I found out it was only the main relay. Make sure if your problem is fuel or spark related. spray some carb cleaner or so into the throttle body and try to start it. If it somewhat tries to start its fuel related. Like the others said check for spark by pulling a plug wire off and putting a screw driver into it to reach the metal end inside the plug. Then have it close to a ground like the valve cover or intake then have a friend crank it and if it doesn't spark then its spark/timing related. If it EVEN TRIES to start then your spark is okay or it is weak which could be caused by a bad coil. You can take one of you old dist. because they are all the same. Now heres how you check your distributor. Take your old one and plug it in DO NOT BOLT IT TO THE HEAD. Just plug the wirings in and make sure it has a ground so touch the metal end to the head or something. Turn the key on and then spin the distributor with your hand. if it sparks with your old one and not the one off the b16 then your dizzy is for sure bad but try replacing the coil before you go and replace that. Dizzy usually go for 500-560 bucks but mine went bad and i got one off ebay for 150. There is a guy selling b16a dizzys for 208 shipped with a 4 year warranty. Hope that bit of trouble shooting helps. Good Luck!!
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