Ignition help
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Ignition help
Hi all.
I'm new here, and hoping to get a bit of help.
I currently live in a 68' Mercury 350 custom motorhome, which is the Canadian version of the Ford 350 made into a motorhome. When I bought it I put on new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, condenser, and coil.
I headed out last week, drove maybe a mile and a half, and the engine quit. Checked under the hood, found fuel (bad accelerator pump diaphragm) and a melted rotor. So far i have replaced the diaphragm as it needed it, rotor, cap, coil, points, condenser, and put in a new ballast resistor for the coil in.
My problem is I am still not getting any spark..
I have checked/tested everything I can think of and I am still getting nothing.. I even pulled the ground off and cleaned the connection there just in case.
Can someone help me out?
I'm new here, and hoping to get a bit of help.
I currently live in a 68' Mercury 350 custom motorhome, which is the Canadian version of the Ford 350 made into a motorhome. When I bought it I put on new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, condenser, and coil.
I headed out last week, drove maybe a mile and a half, and the engine quit. Checked under the hood, found fuel (bad accelerator pump diaphragm) and a melted rotor. So far i have replaced the diaphragm as it needed it, rotor, cap, coil, points, condenser, and put in a new ballast resistor for the coil in.
My problem is I am still not getting any spark..
I have checked/tested everything I can think of and I am still getting nothing.. I even pulled the ground off and cleaned the connection there just in case.
Can someone help me out?
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Yes, I have tried that. The old power wire to the coil was pretty hard ( I figure it had gotten pretty hot a few times), so I ran a new wire from the battery to a switch to the coil to test everything.
I did a spark test off the old coil too, to see if it was working, I got a really weak spark, with the new coil I get nothing.
I did a spark test off the old coil too, to see if it was working, I got a really weak spark, with the new coil I get nothing.
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 88,826
Likes: 785
From: Simi Valley, CA
Please ask further questions in the 1967/72 F100 and larger truck forum. This forum is for 1961/66's.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
frustrated ford guy
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
13
Aug 29, 2020 12:13 PM
octobull
1961 - 1966 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
4
Oct 15, 2008 05:52 PM
