[T2] Spark from distributor to plug wires

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take an old spark plug that is known working, pull a wire from plug in 
engine and plug it in. sit plug on grounded surface, crank see if it 
fires..
  or even pull a plug.

what year is bus

Bob


On Wed, 16 Dec 2015, Max Bronsema wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:09:35 -0800
> From: Max Bronsema <max.bronsema at gmail.com>
> To: Type 2 List <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: [T2] Spark from distributor to plug wires
> 
> Hi everyone,
>
> My bus has had a spate of minor equipment failures, new coil 3 months ago,
> new fuel pump 3 weeks ago, and now with it driving fine for 3 weeks, last
> night my wife wanting tried to put it in the garage but it wouldn't fire. I
> t sounded like it wanted to go, but no luck.
>
> I put the battery on a charger overnight and went to bed. I took this
> morning off from work so I could work with a bit of daylight and most
> everything checks out, I have fuel, I have power at the coil, there is
> spark from the coil, the "points" open and close, I run a pertronix
> ignitor. The only thing I couldn't verify works is spark from the
> distributor to the plug wires. I had the key on and was turning the engine
> over by hand.
>
> I put a new Bosch 03010 rotor and 04-033 rotor on but still no luck. This
> is a SVDA from aircooled.net. I have ran it for five years now with no
> trouble. I would lean towards swapping in points, but the pertronix does
> seem to be open and closing with the standard test light hooked to the +
> side of the coil and grounded while you turn the engine over by hand.
>
> I am sure this is something simple, tonight I am having some friends over
> to help push KK, my bus, into the garage so I can work on it there with a
> full tune-up, but it seems really odd that it ran perfect the day before,
> and now it won't start.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts and ideas,
>
> Max
> "KK-Louise" '71 Westy with 1600dp, SVDA, pertronix, and alternator.
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