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No power going to coil


1984ranger28

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Hi, I durasparked my 2.8 and used the reccomended hot wire for the coil. It worked fine until it lost voltage about a week before I rebuilt my engine. Ive had to use a jumper going from the battery to the coil. Where should I begin to look?
 


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Should be a Red/light green stripe wire, it comes from ignition switch under the steering column in the cab

The older ignition switches have 2 separate wires that power the spark system, one in RUN(red/green) and one in START(brown/pink), but they should be combine in the cab and just the red/green wire in the engine bay would have 12v in both key/switch positions

Diagram here: https://therangerstation.com/tech_library/EDiagrams/files/Diagrams_StartIgnition83to882_9.JPG
 

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Im still getting no voltage to the coil. I've followed the wire all the way up the connector in the steering column and no physical damage. Weirdly, it started working for a minute, then stopped after I shut off my engine. Everything in the truck works except for this wire. What could cause this?
 

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Maybe a bad ignition switch... try to wiggle the key and see if the 12 volts comes back to the coil
 

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I finally figured out the problem. The coil wire came loose inside the connector in the steering column. Plugged it back in and now it actually works lol.
 

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Good work

Thanks for update and the final FIX
 

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