no fire on olds 350

[90hurst/oldsguy]

car not firing and has new coil and the control module is showing it is good. need help and out of all days i got to go to truck driving school. just bought a new exhaust system true duals. lol

 

[pontiacgp]

have you got power going into the distributor?...if you do I'd recheck the connections for the coil and the contact button and the rotor...and if all that checks out I'd take a look at the pick up coil, give a little tug on the wires if the look to be still connected

 

[olds307 and 403]

X2 on the pick up coil.

 

[jociha]

Make sure there is no spark, take an old spark plug laying around and put it in one of the plug wires, then let it lay on the engine block anywhere as long as the outside of the plug touches metal for a ground, then turn the key, roll it over and verify good constant spark across that laying plug.

 

[90hurst/oldsguy]

I replaced the coil and had the control modules tested and they are good. im really thinking the pickup coil went bad. The funny part is the distributor is new and doesnt have 500 miles on it.

 

[81Regal]

Are you getting 12V to the distributor? If your coil is in the dist cap did you remember to reinstall the ground wire that mounts on top of the coil?

 

[90hurst/oldsguy]

Yea its getting 12v and I reinstalled the ground strap, and still no fire to it

 

[78 salon]

You did put the contact button and spring back in correct?

 

[90hurst/oldsguy]

yes the distributor is bad and it been replaced now just got to get in right spot and retime the motor over again.