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t3 wty

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1st Mar, 2004 at 08:08:34am

Hey all
rite after a couple of weeks of lovley running the car has decided to start a new trick, this time its the ignition!
Rite heres wats happenening. As i turn the car over it does the normal everyday thing of turning the car over (ya still with me *wink* lol)
However wat its not doing is starting until i let go of the key. The thing will turn and turn over till i goes flat but when i let go of the key it starts. Now this doesent occur on these bitterly cold days we av bin having where it jus dont start at all!!
Ive bin told it cud b something called a ballast resistor which changes the voltage from 12 to 6 volts for the coil but has a bypass which gives it almost full power when starting. Now if its this then i think maby the bypass it buggered causing only 6 volts to turn the car over??
Any other ideas as im forever gettin the jump leads out! lol
cheers
arron

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1st Mar, 2004 at 08:47:17am

You need the coil from the metro (the ducellier one i think - whatever, it should say 12v on the top near the terminals).

If fitting to a pre 1984 (ish) wiring loom, there isn't a problem.

If fitting to a post 84 loom (identifiable by having a pink / white tracer wire going to the coil from the main loom) then you need to run a wire straight from the 12v ign live on the fusebox (or some other point).

If you don't, you'll simply be running your 12v coil at 9 volts - not good!!!

Hope that sorts it!

ps - i'm not sure if the mini 'ballast' coil will work with the electronic dizzy on the metro, i suspect the coil resistance is different between the two, which will cook the ign module over a period of time!

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Gibbo

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3rd Mar, 2004 at 01:59:42pm

I ran electronic ignition for 18 months using a ballest coil, without any problems.

That said I am now running a 12v system.

If you want a quick fix then probably the wire from the starter solinoid to the coil has been damaged or has come off. (This supplys 12v when starting).

Up to you if you keep the ballest system or not, but as Dave said, the electronic module wasn't designed to run at 9v.

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