6-28-06 findings
So far I have replaced the Optispark, but kept the old cap and rotor. I have no spark at Coil or spark plug. I also bought a new waterpump while all was apart, have no idea how old this one is, and the weep hole looked like it might have suffered a drip or to in the past.
So I pulled the coil and ICM and took them to autozone for testing. They plugged the ICM into a box that ran like 6-8 tests (idiot lights), it plowed right thru them one after another, all green. ICM is good according to them. Then they pull out a multi meter to test the coil in accordance with their book instructions. Testing Ohms, they come up with an odd reading from coil post to plug in part, so I have them pull a new coil off the shelf and sure enough the reading is different from the new coils.
Do coils generally fail on these cars? I thought they were pretty hardy items, and there's not a lot to them to fail. Anyway, I'm gonna hook it up and see if I have fire. God I hope so, I don't want to mess with the PCM, also there was a tad bit of corrosion/dirt on the connectors to the ICM and coil, I will clean that up before resassembly.
I'm going to put new plug wires on while I have it so far apart, where's the best place to get the 8.5mm wires? Summit, or my local autozone/napa/checker.
Any thoughts or advise would be greatly appreciated.
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