1981 malibu 355

Asked by Rnoble81 Oct 17, 2016 at 01:52 PM about the 1981 Chevrolet Malibu

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Started the car was running fine then all of a
sudden it died like someone tirned the key
off. Come to find out i was not getting any
spark. I replaced the cap and coil and still no
spark. So i replaced the ignition control mod.
And still have no spark. Hooked up a test
light and everything is getting power but no
spark. Any help?

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Kelly answered 7 years ago

did you change the ROTOR...they burn ou t/ thru !...when the system was new it caused alot of problems...

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