lenskip

alright, so my spark plugs are not sparking, i really have no idea what to do, any suggestions and i will go into more detail if needed and try to explain the best i can

Rogviler

So you're not getting spark in any of the plug wires? Or just the plugs themselves? What about the wire that goes from the coil to the distributor? You can check any of the HT wires with a timing light, if you didn't know that already.

-Rog

lenskip

so for not specifying, the wires are not giving a spark and no i don't know how to that

Rogviler

Well, any timing light will do, so just go pick up a cheapie if you don't have one. Then just clip the lead onto the different wires and see if it flashes (while someone cranks the engine of course).

Basically just keep tracing the ignition system back from the spark plugs to the coil until you find if and where you get a signal. If it's all dead then it could be a bad distributor or a bad connection to the coil. Basically the coil won't fire unless the distributor tells it to, so anything bad between the two will cause this. It could be a bad coil, but I've never in my entire life heard of one of those going bad unless it's physically damaged or leaking.

How do you know you're not getting spark, just so we're on the same page?

-Rog

lenskip

would the distributor spin if it was a bad coil

Rogviler

The distributor rotor always spins with the engine via the camshaft. If the housing spins then the bolt holding it is loose or missing. The rotor draws power from the coil via contact points inside of the distributor cap. So any of those things going bad could cause no spark.

-Rog

lenskip

well right now i am trying to find the ignition control module, any ideas

lenskip

well nvm bout the ignition control module, that s not the problem.......