MysteriousXTC Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Just had a great snow last night and on the way back to the house from driving around this morning my wagon cut off and wouldn't start back... After I got it back to the house, tried to start diagnoising it... Appears there is no spark/power from the coil and I have replaced the coil with 2 known good ones and still nothing, thus the problem appears to be before the coil... After a little bit of researching I've decided I will try and replace the amplifier, little electronic piece that is attached to the bracket that holds the coil... Just want to make sure there isn't anything that I might be missing, all the fuses under the dash are good and the fusible links seem fine and well connected... Like I said just want to make sure there isn't something else I am over looking or something that I might also want to grab when the local junkyards actually open back up after some of the snow clears.. -caleb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Check for power at coil - w/key on before relpacing anything. If OK,check bracket grounding. Disty rotor turning? Edited January 30, 2010 by naru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 The amplifier thing comes to mind but I've never actually seen one randomly fail while driving. Usually due to some other electrical issue, sitting for a long time, etc. My first thought is if the timing belt broke. Which is probably why the previous poster asked about the disty turning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Check for power at coil - w/key on before relpacing anything.If OK,check bracket grounding. Disty rotor turning? This^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWD TURBO! Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 mine did the same thing pop the disty apart & replace the cam pick up unit it was bad while your in there make shore that your baring is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Loyale Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 If it just quit, I would def make sure the timing belt didn't go. Just pull the distributor cap and make sure the rotor is turning. Then go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousXTC Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 I'll take a look when i get back to the house, thanks for the input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousXTC Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Still haven't been back to the house to check on things... Anyway, with the dizzy rotor or timing belt, even if there was a problem with one of those items wouldn't there still be spark coming from the coil? Since I have nothing coming from the coil I'm inclined to believe the timing belt is fine and so is the dizzy, thus making me believe something pre-coil is wrong, ie the amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Loyale Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 No, if the driver side belt went, you would not have spark. The crank angle sensor is built into the distributor. Since the distributor won't spin if the belt is broken, you'll have no signal from the CAS. This means no spark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousXTC Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 No, if the driver side belt went, you would not have spark. The crank angle sensor is built into the distributor. Since the distributor won't spin if the belt is broken, you'll have no signal from the CAS. This means no spark. I see, thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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