So drove to work yesterday, Parked all normal (over the Saddle Road)
went to go to lunch & hey that's weird
Car fires but wont 'run', heaps gas & sounds like its all fine until I return the key to On position, car dies
I realise it's fairly basic switching & wires but a little over my head if anyone can dumb it down for a wood worker
Started with the Ign switch inspection (thought it was main fault at first as a little wiggle caused the Alt light to blink)
(http://imgur.com/pjc08Ctl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/pjc08Ct.png)
then tried a second hand unit with exactly the same results, starts but doenst run
(http://imgur.com/RxeHA4ul.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/RxeHA4u.png)
so I'm a bit stumped, checked fuel in line, car runs good with the key in starter position (can rev it a little bit & don't want to wreck starter etc)
more pics & Diagrams & maybe I've answered own question with the manual?
(http://imgur.com/qgEFcCKl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/qgEFcCK.png)
(http://imgur.com/qVZ1BA5l.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/qVZ1BA5.png)
(http://imgur.com/eUtzAZ8l.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/eUtzAZ8.png)
(http://imgur.com/Q2m65Pcl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/Q2m65Pc.png)
(http://imgur.com/ya7Jr3zl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/ya7Jr3z.png)
Ballast resistor? And I'm running Electronic ignition from a later model
(http://imgur.com/0tGbiyZl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/0tGbiyZ.png)
so other than the chances of the second ign switch having same fault (unlikely) which most obvious Sparky boi have I over looked"?
Internal guts of the ign switch are fairly simple too only one contact covering 1/5 > 3/2
1 : to Starter motor
2 : Acc
3 : Dash
5: (labelled it 4 on sticker) is main feed from Battery
My guess is the ballast resistor. Can cause all kinds of funny things to happen.
Quote from: TheMechanicnz on December 18, 2018, 07:05:31 PM
My guess is the ballast resistor. Can cause all kinds of funny things to happen.
BINGO
(http://imgur.com/GH19tfel.png)
Chapter 4.
(http://imgur.com/yb4XbAil.png)
(hoping this info may help someone here one day & not just me making noise : been a points man since 1997 > 2017)
so I whip out me multi meter
Check a spare I found, low
(http://imgur.com/QvHd8gVl.png)
High
(http://imgur.com/yKyqrTol.png)
one in the car same test : Low
(http://imgur.com/g14Winol.png)
Nothing
High
(http://imgur.com/dtVDMx6l.png)
Confirmed!
Plug in spare block & it fires up instantly
Any clues to why or how it failed other than "they do that"
was weird how it ran when parked : then dead
[SOLVED]
also obviously the multi meter has read different figures to what I was expecting (from the Diagram / written on the side, is it ok to run this block? Or will it let the smoke out too?