cam.man67
Well-Known Member
My Dart was running fine after the carb rebuild...for a couple weeks at least. Now it won't start!
Last drove I noticed a severe miss had started, but only at highway speeds and higher in the rev range. Got it home and now it wont start at all. Points look ok, and I can hear/occasionally see a weak spark, but not nearly not enough to start the car.
Hooked up an ohmmeter, my 1.5 ohm Pertronix FlameThrower coil reads 1.3 ohms. The .8ohm ballast resistor reads 1.2ohms.
Now here's where I'm confused. With the car off, At the battery I have 12.0v even. At the + side on the coil with the key on, it's 11.8, but randomly drops to 6.6. At the - side of the coil, its 11.6 but drops to 1.1v. The voltage at the points is identical to the numbers at the - terminal.
With the car running, I have 9.0v at the +, 5.7 at -. I'm going to take it out now and see if it misses, but it's idling fine presently in my driveway.
Last drove I noticed a severe miss had started, but only at highway speeds and higher in the rev range. Got it home and now it wont start at all. Points look ok, and I can hear/occasionally see a weak spark, but not nearly not enough to start the car.
Hooked up an ohmmeter, my 1.5 ohm Pertronix FlameThrower coil reads 1.3 ohms. The .8ohm ballast resistor reads 1.2ohms.
Now here's where I'm confused. With the car off, At the battery I have 12.0v even. At the + side on the coil with the key on, it's 11.8, but randomly drops to 6.6. At the - side of the coil, its 11.6 but drops to 1.1v. The voltage at the points is identical to the numbers at the - terminal.
With the car running, I have 9.0v at the +, 5.7 at -. I'm going to take it out now and see if it misses, but it's idling fine presently in my driveway.