[tcb] Re: The 7 parts of fire
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:25:37 -0600
This might sound really stupid, but does the ignition on your bus run
through the headlight switch?
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From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerald Livingston
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:33 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] The 7 parts of fire
1. Battery
2. Coil
3. Condenser
4. Rotor
5. Cap
6. Wires
7. Plugs
Only the points and coil can be easily checked with a multimeter (and
the coil only if you know the specs from the manufacturer).
So, doing the fresh oil, flush, replace, test for fire before trying to
start thing.
No fire. And I mean none, not even a weak spark at the plug end.
I've put in a new coil. The new one does "read better" with an ohmmeter
than the old one did. Still zero spark. I had to call around for the
other parts until I found a FLAPS that seems to have either an employee
or friend of an employee who has an ACVW. *NONE* of the local FLAPS had
any of the other ignition parts but an AutoZone 30 miles from here has
2 condensers, 4 sets of points, 2 rotors and 2 sets of wires. No cap or
plugs but that's a pretty good selection on the rest.
And AutoZone is open on Sunday.
0I spent today watching the kid who wanted my stepside truck bed swap
my bed for his fleetside. Our trucks were identical except his is 4WD
and doesn't have the 3rd door on the cab so you can't even really tell
that the bed now on my truck isn't the original (except for the Z71
stickers). Good thing he brought friends because there was no way I was
working outside under a truck in rainy, windy, sub-50 degree weather
and I didn't care one way or the other about what bed I have. The deal
that we would swap if he did ALL the work. He picked a bad day.
Tomorrow I make the 60 mile round trip to get the other ignition parts
to see if I can get fire (the good kind) on my motor.
G2
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