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Hello:
Sorry for the long post. I have searched the archives but have not found a solution to a baffling no spark situation. History: 1970 FJ40 recently acquired. Was running fine. Removed after-market carburetor and replaced with OEM rebuilt. Vehicle started and ran fine. Took her for a test drive of about 3 miles. She died. Would start and drive a bit and die. It didn't seem fuel related. Got back home and determined no spark by pulling spark plug wire. But I could get her to intermittingly start but same thing after about 5 minutes she would die and then testing showed no spark. Now I cannot even get her to intermittingly fire. The ignition is definitely not stock. Looks like an electronic ignition was put in but I need help identifying. I'm asking for help because I'm stumped. I bought a new coil. I've tried jumping a ground from the battery to the negative post of the coil. I tested 11.87 volts with a multimeter at the coil with ground to battery. I'm at wits end. Do you think it could be the module in the distributor? How would I even test?
Thanks everyone for your collective knowledge and help.
Sorry for the long post. I have searched the archives but have not found a solution to a baffling no spark situation. History: 1970 FJ40 recently acquired. Was running fine. Removed after-market carburetor and replaced with OEM rebuilt. Vehicle started and ran fine. Took her for a test drive of about 3 miles. She died. Would start and drive a bit and die. It didn't seem fuel related. Got back home and determined no spark by pulling spark plug wire. But I could get her to intermittingly start but same thing after about 5 minutes she would die and then testing showed no spark. Now I cannot even get her to intermittingly fire. The ignition is definitely not stock. Looks like an electronic ignition was put in but I need help identifying. I'm asking for help because I'm stumped. I bought a new coil. I've tried jumping a ground from the battery to the negative post of the coil. I tested 11.87 volts with a multimeter at the coil with ground to battery. I'm at wits end. Do you think it could be the module in the distributor? How would I even test?
Thanks everyone for your collective knowledge and help.