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Mopar_guy
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Coils and condensers as well. There's not enough demand for this stuff so it's all being made overseas by the lowest bidder with zero quality control. I was helping a guy at a car show who's BMW drove in but wouldn't start a couple hours later. His points were good but no spark. He was saying that replacement condensers are all junk and don't last very long. He had went thru several of them before finding an original. He was looking at upgrading to electronic of some sort. Turned out his coil was going bad. After we got it cooled down, it started right up. It was a newer replacement coil that he had put on a few years ago. He was going home and putting the original back on. The replacement stuff is as bad the aftermarket stuff - all junk!
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WesternRed
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Also could be a dodgy supply wire, run a wire straight from the battery to the positive terminal on the coil and try that. I has a situation where I was getting +12 volts at the coil on a multimeter, but the wire was bad and wouldn't flow any current so no spark.
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turbo
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The coil and the unit must be compatible I made that mistake once and my car would run for 2 seconds then die after coming out of storage.
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Heavy 488
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Depends on which of the 3 versions of pertronics you're working with and which coil you're attempting to run.
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bigbad69
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Both your 'Vette and Javelin use a Delco distributor, so they should also use the same Pertronix unit. The coil from the "Vette should work on the Javelin with one caveat: There are three models of Pertronx.
Do you have the same model of Pertronix in both cars? If so, the coil will interchange and you have shown the coil in the Javelin is not the issue. Do you have the correct voltage supply for your model of Pertronix in the Javelin? If the answer is yes to these two questions then your issue is likely a poor ground for the Pertronix, or the unit is dead. Pull the coil high voltage wire so the car won't start. Put a voltmeter on the coil - terminal and crank the engine with the ignition on. You should see the the terminal go to 0V as the Pertronix activates for each cylinder.
Do you have a good solid connection from engine to chassis in the Javelin?
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69 Javelin SST BBO 390 T10
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CamJam
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The resistance wire was my thought as well.
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