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car wont start. no spark (MSD)

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Old 09-24-2008 | 05:27 PM
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Car: 84 camaro Z28
Engine: 434sbc
Transmission: powerglide
Axle/Gears: moser 9" with 411 posi
car wont start. no spark (MSD)

well long story short is that i had to drive my car about 2 hours in the pouring rain. then the car sat in my garage for about two weeks. i tryied starting and it wouldnt start. it is getting fuel but there is no spark. so i pull the distributer cap and i see alot of rust on the mag pickup. so i pull it out and clean all the rust off. still no spark. now i swap coils. still no spark. i tested the MSD 6al box. i have 12v from the battery, 12v from ignition, and power going out to the coil. i read in the directions that if you use a jumper wire in the harness for the mag pickup it should spark every time you break the circiut. so i did that and it will spark at the coil but the distributer. so i replace the pickup sensor. still no spark. so now i put a new cap and rotor on it. still no spark. the weird thing is that every now and then it will spark but not enough to fire the engine. any help you be great. thanks alot
Old 09-24-2008 | 05:59 PM
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Re: car wont start. no spark (MSD)

Have you bypased the msd box and hooked everything up like stock to see hoe it works?Everytime I have an ignition problem thats the first thing I do just to eliminate it.I made some jumper wires with connectors I keep in my trunk incase my digital 6 craps out on me.I had a crazy problem with my ignition that fried my msd coil.Turned out I had one bad plug wire.
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