I have an ea81 engine I put in my car. I hooked up the distributor exacly like my brother's running car. I have power to the coil in the run and start positions. The black wire from the dist. goes to the neg. side of the coil the yellow to the pos. I checked with two coils and three coil wires. I cannot get any spark. The distributor is supposedly newly rebuilt. Does anyone have any suggestions? If part of my distributor is bad, where can I find an innexpensive replacemnt part?

 

When I got the engine, it had no distributor in it. I put it in and the static timing looks close. Would having it off a little make no spark? Even if it were way off, It should still spark even if at the wrong time right?

Edited September 19, 200916 yr by spikedbeetle

recheck your connections.

 

I believe that your yellow and black wires are backwards, but wait until some one else agrees.

 

if the disty is used it could just be a bad one.

 

Make sure there is a rotor inside the disty.

Connections are good. I used a test light to check every way I could think of.

 

I pulled it from a motor that was run with no oil and siezed. The disty. was supposedly remanufactured approx. 100 mi. before I got it.

check resistance in your wires, should be around 800 ohms per foot i believe.

 

if you have a second set of wires try those.

I have an ea81 engine .....The black wire from the dist. goes to the neg. side of the coil the yellow to the pos. .....

 

Yellow wires are NEG., black wires go to POS. as identified on the Coil. (per looking at my EA-81 in 84 Brat and NoahDL88)

Edited September 20, 200916 yr by Indrid cold

Black to neg. doesn't seem to make common sense, but the yellow to the neg. does since it runs the tach. Thanks. I'll try that. What are the chances I could mess something up if I have the wires switched?

Well, Indrid, It worked! Thanks!

 

I don't know how my brother's car is running. Maybe the hitachi will run wired backwards. I will probably wait 'til Monday to start it, time it, and drive it for the first time in almost two years.