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Inspect "sparkie".See if there is a spark(when grounded),during start.
If so,is the sparkie fouled with fuel or carbon?
Smell the gasoline.If it's bad,it won't run.
Sadly this is a USA site... and Opel data seems to be pretty scarce on your car...
Simply (generally)... You are looking to see steady battery on your coil.. as the distributer turns it SHOULD BE interrupting ground...
and generating a PRETTY POWERFUL spark...
Use a volt meter and measure for battery = good.
... no battery... back up to the BALAST RESISTOR (if equipped)... measure for battery...
Only now do you need to know the circuit back to your starter switch ("B" and "S" leads).
ELSE...
If you have a clever (preferably smaller/tool (we'll call SPARKY)) assistant... you can convince to hold the spark lead REALLY REALLY close to the spark plug... If SPARKY sees (or feels) a spark move on to the FUEL... FILTER & PUMP.
Sparky would be smarter to pull out the center wire of the distributor cap... that way less likely your assistant will get ENERGIZED...
No spark = possibly bad distributor or coil
Now disconnect the ground side and manually apply rapid ground... test for spark = good coil
Still no spark = bad coil,
There is a tool for that (I'll post it below)...
Now no spark = clean/replace points (& capacitor) or
replace inductor!!
Try a separate earth wire from the coil to the body any where will do. if yoy have a wire with aligator clips on eather end for a test. Do you have power to the rest of the car. Look at the battery conections espicialy earth, won't heart to give them a clean.if not a mobile auto sparky will sort it in a jiffy.
Had the same problem, but was my fault for bypassing the ballist resistor (my bad). Anyway, I fried the coil. Read all the posts and bought new 12 volt coil (it has been converted before I got it 13 years ago). New points, condenser, cap, rotor. Now it is just my timing is a little off, but I have strong sparky but not enough to fry my coil again.
If anything, keep the ballist resistor. it is needed to drop the voltage to the coil so it doesn't fry.
hi mate replace wires/cables and put another spark plug in it could be spark plug fouling and try the cdi in another kx80 also replace hd lead from coil to sparky
test light on neg with key on power at both sides of coil ???? next test light on bat plus put to coil neg and have somone turn car over if test light flashes and still no spark coil is bad if test light no flash ignighter is most likely bad the ignighter switches ground on your coil for spark
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