89 B2200 No Spark and other Questions..
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89 B2200 No Spark and other Questions..
Hi all! A friend of mine was looking at an 89 B2200 that isn't running. Apparently it's intermittent; it'll start one day and not the next. We went and took a look at it and we had no spark at all. The guy who owns it replaced the coil with another used unit, but basically it's behaving the same as it was - intermittent operation. He says it'll run and then die like the key was shut off.
We made sure we had power to the coil and cranked it with the high voltage wire near a ground and there was no spark. He thinks it might be another bad coil but I suspect something in the distributor or such.
It also has an automatic transmission.. wondering if these are any good in this year/model?
It has 300,000km on it (about 160,000 miles) and he's asking $700 CAD for it. Very little rust, which is great for this part of the world. Any opinions on whether its worth that? It's a 2wd and the interior is in reasonable shape.
THanks!
We made sure we had power to the coil and cranked it with the high voltage wire near a ground and there was no spark. He thinks it might be another bad coil but I suspect something in the distributor or such.
It also has an automatic transmission.. wondering if these are any good in this year/model?
It has 300,000km on it (about 160,000 miles) and he's asking $700 CAD for it. Very little rust, which is great for this part of the world. Any opinions on whether its worth that? It's a 2wd and the interior is in reasonable shape.
THanks!
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$700 CAD is like 57 cents in the USA, so go for it. Okay, that was a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea.
I have heard nothing to think that Mazda slushboxes are a bad thing, either.
The board op at the plant I work with has a later 80s B2200 XCab. Good looking truck, automatic, he's never said anything negative about that truck.
Well, since replacing the coil got you no change in result, you either have a coil with the exact smae issue, or something else in the ignition is shot. That distributor might be the factory unit, so it could be worn. Check the plugs and wires, the grounds to the engine, the spark plugs may tell you something if you know how to "read" them....check the connectors to the distributor and coil as well.
Wish I could toss more things out, but I'd rather narrow things down, and since I know less about the truck than you might....that's tough.
I have heard nothing to think that Mazda slushboxes are a bad thing, either.
The board op at the plant I work with has a later 80s B2200 XCab. Good looking truck, automatic, he's never said anything negative about that truck.
Well, since replacing the coil got you no change in result, you either have a coil with the exact smae issue, or something else in the ignition is shot. That distributor might be the factory unit, so it could be worn. Check the plugs and wires, the grounds to the engine, the spark plugs may tell you something if you know how to "read" them....check the connectors to the distributor and coil as well.
Wish I could toss more things out, but I'd rather narrow things down, and since I know less about the truck than you might....that's tough.
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Thanks.. We're going to take another look at it today in the daylight. This one is an extended cab too.. all in all looks pretty good and I think that's a good price.
I guess I was curious if this was a common problem. Also wondering of course about the reliability of engines and tranny but I've read here that the engines are excellent.
Hey you know.. canadian dollar is at .85 or so right now.. it's almost par! You guys gotta work harder.. get your GDP up ;-)! haha.. j/k
. Makes it easier for me to buy US stuff though so that's the good part.
I guess I was curious if this was a common problem. Also wondering of course about the reliability of engines and tranny but I've read here that the engines are excellent.
Hey you know.. canadian dollar is at .85 or so right now.. it's almost par! You guys gotta work harder.. get your GDP up ;-)! haha.. j/k
. Makes it easier for me to buy US stuff though so that's the good part.
