Chris.lse
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Hi folks, at my whits end here and wondering if anyone can help. My 93’ LSE has developed a no spark issue and I cannot for the life of me solve it. So, I’ve had issues with the ignition amp overheating in the past hence I have fitted one of Powersparks re-location kits a few years ago and had no issues since. The car was stood for a while and when started was running fine for a few weeks, until it died on me. I traced the fault to a bad ignition amp and replaced it, hey presto was working again. Then it died again a few weeks later, now I tested the new genuine Lucas amp and it appeared to have failed again, once again I sourced a new genuine replacement but this time no difference. Now my dilemma is I’m having trouble pin-pointing what my issue is, I suspected a relay or ignition feed fault but I’m not sure. I’m getting 12 volts clean from the main feed of the engine harness going to the amp, and I know my coil is working but I still cannot generate a spark, even when by-passing the distributor completely. I hadn’t thought to check until now but I realised there’s a non-standard Viper coil on the car, now after reading online apparently using a coil that draws a different current than standard will fry the amp. Is this likely? Or is there anything else I should be checking? Thanks