I purchased a new Pertronix Ignitor module and Pertronix Flame thrower 40 000 volt coil from Mick Motors on thursday.
Went to install them on Saturday and havent been able to get the thing running since.

I wired it up right with the red wire going to + and the black one going to -

but the engine just turns itself over and doesnt sound like its getting a spark...
I tested the main coil wire and there was no spark...that was the Pertronix coil so I changed back to my old one as it worked fine before.
Still doesnt work with old coil (havent tested for spark yet)
I think the module or the coil or both my be dodgy.
Does anyone have any other ideas what i might be?

btw its a 12v system with a 009

Sorry I cant help Izac, but can I ask how much you payed for the Ignitor and Flamethrower?
Looking at buying the same for my engine, looking for cheapest.
Good look with your problem

hey simon
it was about 150 for the Ignitor and 70 for the coil... not cheap so i hope i can get it to work or get an exchange

check the fuses

ignition doesnt run thro the fuses unless someones massacred the wiring

Izac are u getting power at the coil?
sorry to ask a stupid question but is the rotor magnet thing on the shaft installed right?

hey joel, thats exactly what idiscovered today - no power at the coil. whether ive blown that black wire that goes to the coil or something, i think it has to do with that

yes magnet is hammered down as far as it can go and rotor is in slot of shaft.

I installed a Pertronix unit today with no trouble but I am running it with a Bosch GT coil. I have heard that if you leave the ignition in the on position with the engine off you can fry the module.

Simon,I paid A$130 shipped for the unit from VW Parts Unlimited in the US. It took a week to my door.

Thanks alien8, thats some food for thought. How are you liking it since the installation?

alien8, yeah ive heard that too about the ignition but ive only left in on for short bursts of time and it hasn worked since i put it in. so I dont think thats it..

it comes from the 15 terminal on the ignition switch
but it usually comes via the unfused side of the fusebox so that it also powers wipers, blinkers, brakelights etc

ok thanks man. im pretty sure all those things still work... can you think of a reason i wouldnt be getting power at the coil if those things still work?

have you got a test light or multi meter? trace the wire back untill u find why theres no power.

it may have been cut and re-joined somewhere between the coil and ignition switch

i struck this once next to the regulator
twitched together unsoldered and cleverly hidden by some electrical tape

be worth checking that the terminals havent pulled off somewhere along the line like fuse box etc

i will try and trace it back but it may be a bit difficult as i think i dissapears in to the fender for awhile...

is it possible to short this wire?

if the insulation had gone hard and brittle and cracked somwhere its possible its shorted out
and being unfuses means it will just melt the wire away and try to start a fire

but i doubt thats the case

being a sqaure it wouldnt be hard to run a jumper cable from the battery over the back seat to the coil just for the purpose of firing it up to see all else is ok

try running a wire straight from the battery to the + on the coil that way if it works you will know that there is a coil wire problem

Check the fuses

nup. put new coil to distributor lead on today and still no spark...

im stumped

btw i also put the points back in to see if that made a difference... wishful thinking...

so with points back in u still not getting fire?

are you sure then that this is the case?

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Originally posted by izac btw i also put the points back in to see if that made a difference... wishful thinking...

yeah the hot wire will bypass the ignition just in case you have a fault with ignition key on cranking. try this with the points in.
ps try this before you hot wire it ,with key on and red lights on dash use a screwdriver and put between points and you should get a spark across the points.

ok il have to do that then, is there anything i have to watch out for (like the jumper lead resting on things?)
cheers

got back down to it today...

I ran a hotwire from the end of the red wire that comes from the battery (to the regualtor) directly to the coil and..... nothing.

I got a good spark from this wire when i grounded it so it is getting plenty of juice. i also took the connector off the black ignition switch wire and grounded that... again got a good spark, so it cant be that wire that is the problem.

The only thing that I can think of now is the coil. I switched back to the pertronix coil and ran the hotwire there and nothing happened at the end of the coil lead when grounded. Is it possible that I have some how blown up 2 coils???

It cant be the coil lead because that is brand new...

Is it worth spending another $50 - 60 on a Bosch GT coil from supercheap?