So, the distributor used to have just a single wire to the negative on the old coil. Now, the only negative wire is from the ignitor to the coil. I assume this is grounding the distributor, as there is no way to ground the ignitor plate to the block. I cut the grey wires and spliced all 4 together. I'm getting 11.8 on everything with the key on. So I have the battery on charge. But it's brand new. I am still waiting on the flamethrower 2 coil to come, but I have the flamethrower on it, and I figure it should be enough to make it spark. I saw about 2 sparks on the plug test after I cut the ballast out, and thats it. No more sparks. I would pay like a sucker for a shop to get this right for me but nobody will tough my old boat.
you really dont understand how the ignition system works, do you? No offense intended, however 90% of people who operate boats and cars dont.
regardless if its a points style, the pertronix crap, a monkey making contact with a switch, or a hall-effect trigger on electronic ignition......the negative side of the coil is pulsed, when the voltage is removed from the primary side of the coil by that pulsing ground, the coil field collapses and that is what fires the secondary side of the coil. from there, the rotor and distributor cap distribute the over 40,000 volts to the appropriate spark plug. the amount of time the ground is connected is called "dwell" the longer the dwell, the hotter the spark
the + side of the coil is always hot when running, either at 9 volts or 12 volts (depending on what trigger and coil is used)
the dizzy is ground to the block, however sometimes there is a trigger (points, pickup or monkey) ground wire.
the trigger pulses the negative side of the coil with respect to ground
with pertronix or anything else, new doesnt always equal good
if your not getting the coil to fire, you have either a pertronix issue, or a wiring issue.
put +12 volts to the + side of the coil
take a wire to the negative side of the coil, and rapidly touch the block ground. you should have the coil firing every time you pull the wire away.
now, with the pertronix system in place and wired to +v and ground, however dont connect the coil -, with your test light connected to the coil - wire, and battery +, see if as you crank, that the test light fires with every lobe of the dizzy cam. if not, you have a bad pertronix pickup
