69 Road Runner help with no spark at coil

[jeffp_032056]

Hi all, I'm helping out a long time friend that passed away recently. His wife was left with his 1969 Road Runner which he bought in 1972 from his brother-in-law, 69k miles, 383, 4-speed, all original, all matching numbers. The negative is 40 years ago he put it into the shed, closed the doors and walked away, never to be touched again. No storage prep was done on it and it sat on a dirt floor all this time. We drug it out last week and I prepped the motor and was able to get it turn turn over yesterday with the starter. Sounded good. The problem is I have no spark coming from the coil. Back in the day (1970's) I could have trouble-shot this in no time and away we would have gone. Sigh, not anymore. If my memory is any good I thought there was an easy way to get spark out of the coil by running a jumper from "a" to "b", etc. but I don't remember anymore. I do realize the coil could be bad, etc. but I'd like to try this first. Can anyone refresh my memory and help me out. Both his wife and I would like to hear it run one more time before she puts it up for sale. Thanks.

 

[quikbird]

Worth more if it is running also. Good luck and plenty of expert will have info you need

 

[69hemibeep]

You could hot wire it by running a wire from the battery to the Positive coil and fire it. I wouldn't run it to long because 12 volts will cook the coil if it is any good. Is it still points and condenser?

 

[Russ69Runner]

Could be a bad connection at fire wall. If you own, it would just replace Ballast resistor and the ECU along with the coil. Yes is it pointless ignition or points. Good luck with the quest.

 

[jeffp_032056]

You could hot wire it by running a wire from the battery to the Positive coil and fire it. I wouldn't run it to long because 12 volts will cook the coil if it is any good. Is it still points and condenser?

I tried that. LUCKILY I had the cap off the distributor..... the point assembly turned red-hot immediately.

 

[jeffp_032056]

Could be a bad connection at fire wall. If you own, it would just replace Ballast resistor and the ECU along with the coil. Yes is it pointless ignition or points. Good luck with the quest.

She told me to go ahead and start spending money so I'm picking up points, condenser, resistor, coil and voltage regulator. Will be putting them in one by one in the next day or so.

 

[jeffp_032056]

Could be a bad connection at fire wall. If you own, it would just replace Ballast resistor and the ECU along with the coil. Yes is it pointless ignition or points. Good luck with the quest.

It's points.

 

[Vinny]

Hi all, I'm helping out a long time friend that passed away recently. His wife was left with his 1969 Road Runner which he bought in 1972 from his brother-in-law, 69k miles, 383, 4-speed, all original, all matching numbers. The negative is 40 years ago he put it into the shed, closed the doors and walked away, never to be touched again. No storage prep was done on it and it sat on a dirt floor all this time. We drug it out last week and I prepped the motor and was able to get it turn turn over yesterday with the starter. Sounded good. The problem is I have no spark coming from the coil. Back in the day (1970's) I could have trouble-shot this in no time and away we would have gone. Sigh, not anymore. If my memory is any good I thought there was an easy way to get spark out of the coil by running a jumper from "a" to "b", etc. but I don't remember anymore. I do realize the coil could be bad, etc. but I'd like to try this first. Can anyone refresh my memory and help me out. Both his wife and I would like to hear it run one more time before she puts it up for sale. Thanks.

Clean the points.

 

[A12_6BBL]

Hi all, I'm helping out a long time friend that passed away recently. His wife was left with his 1969 Road Runner which he bought in 1972 from his brother-in-law, 69k miles, 383, 4-speed, all original, all matching numbers. The negative is 40 years ago he put it into the shed, closed the doors and walked away, never to be touched again. No storage prep was done on it and it sat on a dirt floor all this time. We drug it out last week and I prepped the motor and was able to get it turn turn over yesterday with the starter. Sounded good. The problem is I have no spark coming from the coil. Back in the day (1970's) I could have trouble-shot this in no time and away we would have gone. Sigh, not anymore. If my memory is any good I thought there was an easy way to get spark out of the coil by running a jumper from "a" to "b", etc. but I don't remember anymore. I do realize the coil could be bad, etc. but I'd like to try this first. Can anyone refresh my memory and help me out. Both his wife and I would like to hear it run one more time before she puts it up for sale. Thanks.

Does car still have POINTS or electronic Ignition? If electronic? 80% of the time the ECU will have gone bad. E bay has an ecu called "HiRev 7500" , one of the BEST replacements Ive used.