[T2] Spark from distributor to plug wires

[Jim Denton]

If you don't have one, go out and buy a remote starter switch. This will
make one man trouble shooting a lot easier.  If you replace one of the
clamps on the ends of the leads with a 1/4 female spade things will be
easier still. A terminal like this
http://www.elecdirect.com/piggyback-connector-16-14ga-pvc-blue-100pk will
allow you to have both the remote switch and the key switch hooked up at
the same time.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:07 PM, <accessys at smart.net> wrote:

>
> 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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