Hi all,
I made a prior topic about this new fiat 126 of my wife's not having any sparks, but deleted it (topic, not the car!) because I think I know what the issue is.
Previous owner managed to b*gger up the rotor arm. There's this metal clip in the hole inside of it that I assume is a spring, not a contact? Where the distributor post sits on. (Please correct me if wrong). Anyway, he snapped it off somehow and thought that he needed to pass a bit of electrical wire from the outside contact - the flat metal bar that swings through to the inside.
So the result is:
The high voltage spark from the coil jumps from the outside contact and earths itself on the distributor post.
Not good right?
Is there any risk that this has knackered the coil? I'll check the ohms on primary and secondary anyway..
Also, this rotor and distributor appear to be a Marelli Fiat 500's! What is THAT doing in a 1990 Fiat 126?
