82 Spider WOnt Start

drgellar · Post by **drgellar** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:20 pm

Car was running great. I moved and stored car over winter, outside at families house. When I went to pick up car, would not start. I am at my wits end. I taced the wire to the starter, I have power. Somewhere between there and the ignition I lose my ground but still get power. Car turns over but not getting fire. Am I making sense? I unplugged power from starter and heard a popping noise like a bad wire or something. ANy ideas where to look or what to do. Please about to give up and dont want to.

jacksplace · Post by **jacksplace** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:27 pm

DR:

Do you have 12 volts at the coil and at the dizzy?

drgellar · Post by **drgellar** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:35 pm

I am new to this. What is the dizzy?

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:01 pm

what year is the car? How do you know that you don't have spark? Which wire did you unplug from the starter, battery cable or the small wire with the push-on connector?

drgellar · Post by **drgellar** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:15 am

It is an 82 Spider. I unplugged the wire before it gets to the starter. The wires that just push together. As far as the spark, I have unplugged the wire from the ignition coil and one from the cap.

Keith Scott · Post by **Keith Scott** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:11 am

While it may not be exactly the same issue, there is, on the top of the crossmember over the radiator on my 82 Spider, a push-on connection that sometimes comes lose and kills the engine.

imario · Post by **imario** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:18 pm

If your engine is turning over then the starter is working fine. If it does not fire, then the problem is in the ignition system. I am having exactly the same problem. Stored for the winter, started up right away then died. Changed fuel, filters - nothing. Checked coil wire no spark. Aha - lots of gas but no ignition. Changed the coil - still the same problem. I am now waiting for an ignition module which is located behind the coil, mounted to the heatsink. If that doesn't work I will have to track back all the wires going to the coil to ensure it is getting pwer (something I should have done first!). By the way, the ignition module is not original and was very rusted at the terminals while the coil itself was original - on the car since 79.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:20 am

the one thing that affects these cars when they sit is electrical connector corrosion. Check the connector harness to the ignition switch and the fuses and holders.

spyderbob · Post by **spyderbob** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:49 am

If there is spark but no fuel, is it possible that for some reason the air gate in the inlet is blocked or stuck, not allowing the fuel pump to become energized? A mouse house in the intake?

imario · Post by **imario** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:50 pm

I put in a new ignition module, cleaned all the terminals and it started up right away. Having said that, Mark may have been right. The terminals on the old module were corroded but I did not bother to test the old one once the new one worked fine. By the way, both the coil and the module are interchangeable with older model GM ignition systems. Shop around as the prices vary greatly. Hope this helps.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:42 pm

the modules are the same, but GM coils mounted in the dist cap and are completely different than the Fiat coils

82 Spider WOnt Start

82 Spider WOnt Start

Year would be nice Sorry

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