We were on the "Gone Roddin" tour this weekend, I was driving the support truck and Stace was driving her Camaro. We had a fabulous time as always, surrounded by a great bunch of people all the way. Although I wasn't that busy with the support truck this year compared to last year (Thanks Homer) we unfortunatelyt did have a car in the trailer for half of the run, infact it was our own car. The Camaro up and died in mid flight and it has fired since.
So here's a recap of what took place:
No problem from Toronto to Sarnia or Sarnia to Bracebridge. In Bracebridge the car wouldn't turn over but would start with a boost no problem. We (a bunch of us) got to analyzing the situation. The volt meter came out, the battery had 13 volts, we were getting juice out of the alternator but the sucker wouldn't rollover over on its own. Off we went in the morning thinking it was only a battery and we'd get one in Bancroft when we got there at lunch, we didn't make it that far and the car died.
The battery, an Optima, was boiling so as discussed the night before we figured it was a battery. Put the booster pack back on it and it would rollover. Into Dorset we went to get a battery, installed it and it turned over although maybe a little sluggish and nothing, we had no spark. The test lights and multi-meters came out. One of the guys (thanks Greg) pulled off his coil so we could try it out and nothing, still no spark. We have a Mallory Electronic distibutor with an external coil. It getting lots of fuel, just no spark.
Need some help from all you experts out there. Any ideas what to check next?
Just like to say thanks for everyone that got there heads and hands under the hood on Saturday night and Sunday, we appreciate it!
So here's a recap of what took place:
No problem from Toronto to Sarnia or Sarnia to Bracebridge. In Bracebridge the car wouldn't turn over but would start with a boost no problem. We (a bunch of us) got to analyzing the situation. The volt meter came out, the battery had 13 volts, we were getting juice out of the alternator but the sucker wouldn't rollover over on its own. Off we went in the morning thinking it was only a battery and we'd get one in Bancroft when we got there at lunch, we didn't make it that far and the car died.
The battery, an Optima, was boiling so as discussed the night before we figured it was a battery. Put the booster pack back on it and it would rollover. Into Dorset we went to get a battery, installed it and it turned over although maybe a little sluggish and nothing, we had no spark. The test lights and multi-meters came out. One of the guys (thanks Greg) pulled off his coil so we could try it out and nothing, still no spark. We have a Mallory Electronic distibutor with an external coil. It getting lots of fuel, just no spark.
Need some help from all you experts out there. Any ideas what to check next?
Just like to say thanks for everyone that got there heads and hands under the hood on Saturday night and Sunday, we appreciate it!