URGENT HELP NEEDED.

[seanos]

Was driving along the M50 today when the car lost power, its a 1990 998cc.

Got it home and had no spark at the plugs.
Checked the points on the distributor and nothing.

Checked the 4 inline fuses at the bulkhead and one was gone, it has a white white going
out the the front end and this was attached to the resistive wire to the coil pack.
Even without this i still have power going to the coil (resistive wire)

When I checked the lead going from the coil to the distributor cap theres nothing.

Has my coil burnt out?
Can I replace this with a universal coil?

Another idea's what the problem maybe?

[woody]

Assuming the car is an unmodified 1990 998cc, The car is fitted with a ballast coil ( no coil pack) .There should be 2cables on the coil+ , white/yellow from the solinoid for starting and pink/white resistive cable from the ignition switch. There are no fuses on the ignition circuit.
Put a voltmeter or testlamp accross the coil and turn over the engine, you should get a flickering 12volts as the points open and close, if not check the points as they would be the most likly problem.

[seanos]

i replaced the points 2 weeks ago i've no power coming out of the coil to them

[woody]

If the points are closed or shorted out there will be no voltage on the coil -. With a multimeter you can measure the resistance of the coil or with a test lamp you can with the wire to the dizzy disconnected and the ingnition on check for 12v at the coil + and then at the coil -. If both are 12v then coil is ok. If the car was running ok before then the fact that the points are only 2 weeks old would make me look there.What else did you replace?

[mgb1978]

A simple test is to take the centre HT lead off the distributor ( the one that comes from the coil). Stick a spark plug into this lead and use a vice-grips to attach it to one of the head stud nuts.
Now turn the engine over with the key....if the plug sparks, then it's probably your newly-fitted points that are causing the problem, if not then your coil probably needs changing.

[woody]

Think you may be mixing up points and rotor.

[mgb1978]

Think you may be right there Woody...
This is what happens when you try to work and surf and the same time.

[seanos]

got it sorted, it was the coil, decided to pack it in.

Thanks for the help lads

[woody]

I stand corrected, well done.