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I just got my car running for the first time in years and everything was fine ideling and all of a sudden the car shuts off. Go to crank it over and there is no spark. I have the BS3 and a 7531 on the car and there is no spark getting to the coil while cranking. When you look at the red light on the MSD box it does not blink either while cranking. I cut the white points wire going to the BS and did the ground touch test and I got spark at the coil. Hook it back up to the BS and nothing. So then I put a test light on the white wire while hooked up to the BS and turned the ignition on. The test light was dim but on the whole time. Went to crank the car with the test light went even dimmer and after about four seconds or cranking the fuel ignited and went boooom.
So then I tested the red wire going to the crank trigger sensor with a test light while cranking and got nothing. This is all brand new MSD stuff but I guess it's possible to have a sensor go out that quick.
Is there any other test methods I could use to determine if it's the crank trigger sensor or the BS3 box before I go replacing parts? I need to figure out why the white points wire is not getting a spark signal to the MSD box.
Thanks for any help!
Josh
So then I tested the red wire going to the crank trigger sensor with a test light while cranking and got nothing. This is all brand new MSD stuff but I guess it's possible to have a sensor go out that quick.
Is there any other test methods I could use to determine if it's the crank trigger sensor or the BS3 box before I go replacing parts? I need to figure out why the white points wire is not getting a spark signal to the MSD box.
Thanks for any help!
Josh