[T3] Mistery Miss

[William J]

Could always fuse the test lamp lead just in case . I wasn't talking about 
removing wire 15 from the coil just using the test lamp across the circuit 
so if power is lost even for a second  the bulb should flicker enough to see 
it. I can't say if running a test light between two 12 volt hot connections 
would work since the dome light would stay live the coil would need to go 
ground , that may then find the ground through the condensor and points the 
condensor is charged which may then cause loss of spark and the same miss. 
Even the test lamp bulb filament can act as a fuse. The main idea was to see 
if there is a power loss at the coil #15. I thought of a small 12 volt 
buzzer this would require hearing the thing buzz until it lost power.

 I'm pretty sure Dan has already checked the plugs more than once . And 
changed them a few times . What he describes sounds to me like a loss of 
voltage ign to coil if not and the test light  never goes out it rules out 
the ign switch as well as the power relay for the FI which are fed off the 
same circuit from the fuse box.and all wires in between then I would look at 
the connection between fuse 8 & 9 .

 All Dan needs to do is make sure the lead connected to 15 on the coil to 
the bulb is well insulated where it exits the engine lid or install an 
inline fuse after the wire exits the lid since the power comes from the ign 
switch .

William


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