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- From: don@q-aais.navo.navy.mil (Don Newcomb)
- Subject: '81 Champ Ignition Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.141421.1771@cs.tulane.edu>
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- Keywords: plymouth electronic ignition module mitsubishi
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- Organization: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:14:21 GMT
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- My '81 Plymouth Champ has been exhibiting a strange behavior.
- A few days back it lost power but would run fine in neutral.
- I died once or twice at a stop light and missed a little. I
- figured "Check the easy things first" and added a fuel drier
- (isopropal) and checked the distributer cap for water.
-
- Yesterday when I went out to go to work, the car would not start.
- Cranked fine, just would not fire. I checked and found no spark
- at the coil. Changed the coil with a spare I have. No luck.
- Bummed a ride to work.
-
- That evening it still had no spark. I checked to make sure the rotor
- was turning (timing belt & distributor shaft OK). I then took
- out the ignition module and checked the induction coil resistance
- (0.988 ohm). Then tested the module as shown in my manual with
- two batteries and a light bulb. At first, it checked OK. Then
- it seemed to quit working. I called the auto parts place and they
- said it cost $45.00. I decided to check it again. It tested OK
- for as long as I wanted to sit there tapping that contact on the
- battery. I put the distributor back together and the car started
- on the first crank. Drove around the neighborhood for about an hour
- with no trouble.
-
- Question: Does it sound like the ignition module is going bad or
- did it just have dirty contacts? Could it be something else?
-
- The car has 171K miles.
-
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