no juice

[weilley]

I just bought a 1993, 5 speed Festy which doesn't run. There seems to be no voltage going to the ignition module/coil. Anybody got any ideas what I should try next?

[JohnGunn]

There is not much between the battery and the positive terminal of the coil, black/white wire on the coil connector.

First check that the "main" fusible link is good. Without the ignition switch turned on you should be able to turn on both your hazard lights and your brake lights. If either one of these works, the "main" fusible link is working. Since both of these circuits are protected by fuses, "hazard" and "stop," respectively, they could both be blown and the "main" fusible link could still be good. Not likely, but because of that possibility, if both fail to work, you should check those fuses to make sure at least one of them is good.

If the "main" fusible link is good, then you should have power on a white wire to the ignition switch. When the ignition switch is turned to "on," power from that white wire should be supplied to a black/white wire that goes to the coil.

In the pathway from battery to coil there are only two connectors that might provide a break in continuity; one between the fusible link and the ignition switch which has as input the heavy white wire from the fusible link. It is a single wire connector and is located low between the battery and left headlight. And the other is the connector at the ignition switch.

If all this checks out you should have power at the coil.

John Gunn
Coronado, CA

[weilley]

no juice

Thank you John Gunn