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Originally posted by hudlow
I'm trying to put a '74 J10 back on the road that's been sitting for about 5 years.
It was running when it was parked and the old Jeep is still in pretty good shape except for a few of those rusty spots that seem to be common on the older Jeep trucks.
It's a 258 motor that still turns over but I'm having a problem getting it to fire up.
I put in a new coil, points, condensor, distributor cap and rotor button but I still don't have any fire.
I pulled the coil wire off and held it to ground while spinning the motor and I got no spark.
Back in the day, when I had no choice but to do most of my own work, before electronic ignition this was about the limit of my mechanical skills.
What do I need to look at now? Where does the coil get its juice?
I'm kinda stuck at this point.
Thanks, hudlow
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I could be wrong, but I'd start looking at the ignition circuit and ignition switch.
Something has to supply power to the coil in both the start and run positions of the ignition switch. Get a volt meter and start tracing the power from the battery through the ignition switch and see where it quits.