gold63 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Just replaced the starter drive on 63R1135. While reconnecting the cables I snapped the starter solenoid. Received a new one from SI Friday and installed. It spins the engine but won't start. Wires/cables are exactly the same, and there is power to the coil/ distributor ( a Dave Thiebeault Mallory conversion years ago), but no spark at the plugs. The car obviously ran/ started fine before. Did I overlook something, or is it just a coincidence, any suggestions for a fix? Could it be the coil or some other problem. Test light shows power to the coil w/ key on as it should, but I'm not an electrical person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernier Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 There needs to be power to the coil when the engine is cranking. There are two different wires for this. Cars originally equipped with points would have a wire to the coil that delivered a full 12 volts while cranking and then another that ran through the ballast resistor that delivered around 9 volts while running. Ernie R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gold63 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) Resistor and wires are still intact as is the coil. I was putting a test light on the coil terminals, should I test at the resistor as well? Is it possible the coil itself is bad? Since this is the Chrysler conversion, I wasn't sure about it. Edited October 6, 2014 by gold63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernier Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) If you still have the push on connector at the solenoid you may need to replace them for a better connection. Testing at the resistor doesn't help starting. You need to test while cranking. Yes it could be a bad coil but in all my 40 pluse years of playing with cars I never ran across one that wouldn't start the car. Click on the diagram. Edited October 6, 2014 by ernier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 I like the diagram at the end of this older post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdaly Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 The Post is ANCIENT but the diagram Is Good!🤐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaR2 Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Ditch the resistor as that was only for original points system (to save points). Electronic distributor needs 12 volts as a constant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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