ok, i want to check my distributor if it's working. Is there a way to check for amp/voltage/ohm/etc on the ignition coil. is there any way besides mounting the dizzy in it's place to tell if the dizzy will spark and within the correct order.
when my motor blew up i pulled the head to see what went first. as i'm taking off the distributor i noticed great resistance. so with a mallot i slightly pounded out the dizzy. with the dizzy out you could see the metal pin that's supposed to be in the dizzy. it pushed past the metal ring that was meant to (i think) prevent such a thing from happening. so i hammered that pin back in. after that i tried to turn the dizzy but it was pretty hard to turn. i opened up the dizzy and removed the plastic protect housing under the dizzy cap and it turned good.
that's the problem....just need to check if i need a new dizzy before i try starting my rebuilt motor with this dizzy.
before all of this i was forced to drive the car home (didn't get there) as it was far. (retainer broke in half) and also my friend (who "thinks" he knows about engines) tried very stubbornly to start my car after it died at the light. (some people just don't understand the words "don't f*ck with it, i checked it already")
when my motor blew up i pulled the head to see what went first. as i'm taking off the distributor i noticed great resistance. so with a mallot i slightly pounded out the dizzy. with the dizzy out you could see the metal pin that's supposed to be in the dizzy. it pushed past the metal ring that was meant to (i think) prevent such a thing from happening. so i hammered that pin back in. after that i tried to turn the dizzy but it was pretty hard to turn. i opened up the dizzy and removed the plastic protect housing under the dizzy cap and it turned good.
that's the problem....just need to check if i need a new dizzy before i try starting my rebuilt motor with this dizzy.
before all of this i was forced to drive the car home (didn't get there) as it was far. (retainer broke in half) and also my friend (who "thinks" he knows about engines) tried very stubbornly to start my car after it died at the light. (some people just don't understand the words "don't f*ck with it, i checked it already")
^^clueless