Greetings:
My 60 Tbird is driving me crazy. I parked it several months ago and now it will not start. It cranks fine but I have no spark to the #5 plug. I put starting fluid in it , but still get no fire of course. I can see the fuel pump working (glass filter). So I have an ignition problem, duh? I checked the battery wires and the wires to/from the starter relay. All seem good. I have replaced the following: coil, points, distributor cap, rotor, condenser and high voltage lead from coil to distributor. I also check distributor ground and wires from coil to distributor. I found that either my ignition switch is bad or the resistor wire from the switch to the coil is bad as I am not getting any power to the positive side of the coil when the ignition switch is in the run position. I decided to see if I could get the car started by bypassing this problem - so I ran a jumper lead directly from the battery positive to the + side of the coil. Cranked it, but still no spark. I attempted to set the points correctly, and noticed that the distributor cam is turning when I try to start it so think this means that my timing chain is not broken. Raised the contact on top of the rotor to make sure it is touching the rotor cap. What else is there to do???? I really feel stupid as there is probably some simple thing I have overlooked. I thought I understood this car?? Is there something in the bad ignition switch or the resistor wire which is required to function properly to fire the engine? Don't know why. Is there something that prevents my direct wiring from the battery to the coil from working, i.e. starting the car? I realize that one or more if my replacement parts might not be good (Chinese manufacture?) but I have tried to swap parts from another running 60 Bird I have. Also don't seem to be getting any spark jump across points. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Am planning to install an electronic ignition on the car ( Permetex Ignitor) but feel I need to solve this problem first! Really feel stupid....Thanks for any thoughts or help.
My 60 Tbird is driving me crazy. I parked it several months ago and now it will not start. It cranks fine but I have no spark to the #5 plug. I put starting fluid in it , but still get no fire of course. I can see the fuel pump working (glass filter). So I have an ignition problem, duh? I checked the battery wires and the wires to/from the starter relay. All seem good. I have replaced the following: coil, points, distributor cap, rotor, condenser and high voltage lead from coil to distributor. I also check distributor ground and wires from coil to distributor. I found that either my ignition switch is bad or the resistor wire from the switch to the coil is bad as I am not getting any power to the positive side of the coil when the ignition switch is in the run position. I decided to see if I could get the car started by bypassing this problem - so I ran a jumper lead directly from the battery positive to the + side of the coil. Cranked it, but still no spark. I attempted to set the points correctly, and noticed that the distributor cam is turning when I try to start it so think this means that my timing chain is not broken. Raised the contact on top of the rotor to make sure it is touching the rotor cap. What else is there to do???? I really feel stupid as there is probably some simple thing I have overlooked. I thought I understood this car?? Is there something in the bad ignition switch or the resistor wire which is required to function properly to fire the engine? Don't know why. Is there something that prevents my direct wiring from the battery to the coil from working, i.e. starting the car? I realize that one or more if my replacement parts might not be good (Chinese manufacture?) but I have tried to swap parts from another running 60 Bird I have. Also don't seem to be getting any spark jump across points. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Am planning to install an electronic ignition on the car ( Permetex Ignitor) but feel I need to solve this problem first! Really feel stupid....Thanks for any thoughts or help.
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