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Checking spark from coil to distributor:
https://www.facebook.com/sveinapelan...382510259/?t=0
Checking spark on plugs:
https://www.facebook.com/sveinapelan...393000259/?t=0
Connected a test light between negative post on coil and battery positive post to see if light flashes on and off, meaning Pickup and ECU should be ok:
https://www.facebook.com/sveinapelan...399200259/?t=0
Svein Apeland
1981 DMC DeLorean DMC-12, VIN: 01598. Gas flap hood, manual transmission, black interior, wide stripe, galvanized frame, Spax shocks and UK club exhaust.
x1973 Plymouth Road Runner
x1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
x1975 Chevrolet El Camino
x1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring
x1966 Lincoln Continental
x1983 Porsche 944
x1982 Porsche 944
Location: Reedsburg, WI
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My VIN: 5180
Club(s): (DMWC) (DCUK)
Did you ever get spark to jump from the coil tower to a ground or neg post on the coil?
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DENNIS
VIN 5180, Frame 3652, STAGE II, DM-eng Solid State Solutions (RPM Rly, Dm.Lt.Mod., Fan Fail Mod. , FAN Rly, HS.Rly) , HID headlights, SPAX user since 2009, Eibach springs, M Adj. Rear LCA's, DPNW poly-sway bar kit, DMCEU LCA Stabilizer link kit, DMCMW Illuminated door sills, Aussie Illuminated SS Shifter plate, REAL MOMO EVO Steering wheel, DELOREANA Extended View Side Mirrors w/ Heaters, DELOREANA LED Door Lights.
Either coil should spark according to those readings....try the test I posted above to confirm if the below doesn't help.
If the battery will crank the engine over ok by itself, it is hot enough for spark.
Sparking only when you shut the ignition off suggests that the coils trigger circuit is always grounded. (It would fire whichever plug the rotor happened to be pointed at when the key was turned to OFF.) But if that were the case, the ignition tester (and tach) shouldn't be indicating continuous spark while you crank it over.
So, the only thing I can think of that may fit is a cap with its coil terminal shorted to the plug terminal feeding the only plug you are seeing fire...
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No. The ignition doesn't need the RPM relay.
If there are no shorted wires etc. between them it doesn't matter WRT no spark. The relay uses the tach signal to know it is ok to supply power to the fuel pump and CPR.
P.S. Your Facebook links require an account....
Svein Apeland
1981 DMC DeLorean DMC-12, VIN: 01598. Gas flap hood, manual transmission, black interior, wide stripe, galvanized frame, Spax shocks and UK club exhaust.
x1973 Plymouth Road Runner
x1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
x1975 Chevrolet El Camino
x1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring
x1966 Lincoln Continental
x1983 Porsche 944
x1982 Porsche 944
Testing Distributor from negative terminal to battery positive post Delorean
https://youtu.be/oHRR7ZB-ufs
Testing spark from coil wire to distributor cap Delorean
https://youtu.be/bmkuDlzQZ0A
Testing spark from sparkplug wire to sparkplug Delorean
https://youtu.be/x3NxgwJnDpI
Svein Apeland
1981 DMC DeLorean DMC-12, VIN: 01598. Gas flap hood, manual transmission, black interior, wide stripe, galvanized frame, Spax shocks and UK club exhaust.
x1973 Plymouth Road Runner
x1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
x1975 Chevrolet El Camino
x1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring
x1966 Lincoln Continental
x1983 Porsche 944
x1982 Porsche 944
Posts: 40
Was the king lead from the coil to the distributor ever changed? Or is it still the old red one?
Well... Its barely used, but bought 8 years ago. Thinking of the condition the cap and rotor is in, I ordered new wires and plugs with the cap and rotor.
Last time it would not start it was exactly this I had to change. This was right before I started the restoration.
Svein Apeland
1981 DMC DeLorean DMC-12, VIN: 01598. Gas flap hood, manual transmission, black interior, wide stripe, galvanized frame, Spax shocks and UK club exhaust.
x1973 Plymouth Road Runner
x1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
x1975 Chevrolet El Camino
x1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring
x1966 Lincoln Continental
x1983 Porsche 944
x1982 Porsche 944
Posts: 40
Original NOS? As I've found they don't age well if it's an original red type lead.
Svein Apeland
1981 DMC DeLorean DMC-12, VIN: 01598. Gas flap hood, manual transmission, black interior, wide stripe, galvanized frame, Spax shocks and UK club exhaust.
x1973 Plymouth Road Runner
x1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
x1975 Chevrolet El Camino
x1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring
x1966 Lincoln Continental
x1983 Porsche 944
x1982 Porsche 944