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Subject:Re: testing Hall sender
From:Raymond Paquette <raymondpaquette@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:43:34 -0500

1987 Syncro, 2.1

Okay, what I get with this test is:

no spark
no sound from injectors (that I can hear-is it reasonably loud?)
fuel pump cycles on and off at consistent points in the engine revolution

suggestions?

My coil is not to the specs in Bentley:
2 ohms primary, Bentley says it should be (0.5-0.8)
3000 ohms secondary, which is in the Bentley range

I'd just run out and get a new coil, except that I already got a new coil,
and it matches the specs on my old coil. But it was "Wells" brand from
Autozone (yes I'm an idiot, no need to tell me). I figure that it's fairly
likely that I got the wrong coil or a bad one.

I guess that I need a coil, but am concerned that I didn't hear the
injectors firing when I did Ken's test. Is the coil somehow involved?

Ray

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:

> Raymond,
> With the ignition ON I hold the distributors center wire near the block
> while turning the engine over by hand. You should get a spark AND hear the
> injectors fire twice per revolution. For an easier/safer method use one of
> these
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4445
>
> The distributors connector is too fragile for poking at with test leads.
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> in statu viae
>
>

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