My Fester quit :(

[fastfester]

all right i was driving down the road in my 92 ford festiva and i notice my lights start pulsating at like random times like everything flashes from normal to really bright, so i check my coil and replace it and it still doesn't run and I'm not getting any spark i checked my engine fuse and even put a new fusible link in it and it still wont run

[stiva]

check ur MAF it did that to me

[fastfester]

MAF flow is fine checked all the connections today :!:

[2foci1festy]

Hey are you the same Festfester as on Full Throttle Forums? Sounds like you might have a ground wire loose.

[fastfester]

yea that's me who are u? on there?

[2foci1festy]

2focifamily. I bought a Festiva about 10 days ago...so 2foci1festy. I'll have to get down to Bristol one night and watch the Festy in action. You get the tranny back together?

[Tim]

Alternator maybe?

[mechanicaldj]

good shot Tim, yes it is the alternator that is causing the lights to pulsate, as for the no start problem, i need more to go on. i need how exactly did it die and what did you try after it died, like a jump start maybe?

[fastfester]

all right like i said i thought the coil wire was coming loose and arking off and sending voltage through the ground cuzz it has done this b4 and i checked my coil replaced it and put a whole new distributor in it in case it was the electronics in it all my fusible links are good and all my fuses are to so it beats the shit outta me i still cant get any spark from my coil and i have voltage going into it so i dunno guys help me out i need something to drive and yes i got the tranny back together!

[2foci1festy]

If voltage is going into the coil but none is coming out...what's the chances of the new coil being bad as well?

[batstiva]

If voltage is going in, and none is coming out, I would think the problem would be in the coil, new or not. It can happen, I bought a brand new set of plugs and wires for the Batstiva, and one of the plugs and one of the wires were bad out of the box. :evil:

[mechanicaldj]

Re: My Fester quit

all right i was driving down the road in my 92 ford festiva and i notice my lights start pulsating at like random times like everything flashes from normal to really bright, so i check my coil and replace it and it still doesn't run and I'm not getting any spark i checked my engine fuse and even put a new fusible link in it and it still wont run

so did it just quit running and had it towed home? b/c with lights pulsing sounds like the diode pack in the alternator taking a dump!


and have you checked signal voltage from the pickup coil in the distributor and the wires in between?

I'll check my manual tomorrow for other hints

[fastfester]

fixed it the prob was a computer lol sum how i fried it lol!!!