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Fri 17 Aug 2018 09:08
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

ive a escort mk 4 fitted with a 1987 fiesta engine 1.3, its been running fine but now no spark at plugs, its got a bosch electronic ignition,ive checked that after reading on here a article and i have a spark at the coil end of the lead, but nothing at the plugs,took the cap off,what a job dead tight cleaned inside but there was only about a 1/4 in carbon bush in the end on a spring, got that free put it back still nothing,help please,

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 10:23
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - hardway

Sorry but I can't help this,

It's "pointless" trying to clean HT parts,

fit a new cap rotor and leads.

And for all you younglings out there it's electronic ignition so there are no points!!

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 13:04
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - jc2

Could be amplifier on side of distributor held on with two screws-probably simplest is a used distributor from breaker.

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 13:54
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - Railroad.

If you have a spark at the ignition coil lead then the ignition module won't be the problem. If there's no spark at the spark plugs the most likely cause is a faulty rotor arm. The spark will be tracking through it directly to earth. Change the distributor cap and rotor arm together.

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 17:17
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

thank you,ive ordered a distributor cap ,but cannot seem to find a rotar arm thats for my car off ebay, ive looked at a few and messaged the sellers but they say should fit not will, the problem is the engine was out of a fiesta and the car a escort, so no use giving reg number., ill keep looking.

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 18:13
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - elekie&a/c doctor

If this is a 1.3 Cvh engine,then the cap and rotor arm will be the same for either Fiesta or Escort with a Bosch dizzy. Take a look at your rotor arm,if it an original Bosch part,it will have a part # stamped on the body..

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 18:36
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

its a ohv engine

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 18:49
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - elekie&a/c doctor

What about this one; ;www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FIESTA-Mk2-Rotor-Arm-1-1-1...8-

Edited by elekie&a/c doctor on 17/08/2018 at 18:51

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 19:24
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

it says will not fit a 1.3 engine only a 1.1, is there a difference

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 19:40
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - elekie&a/c doctor

The 1.1 and 1.3 ohv (valencia /kent engine)are basically the same .motor-car.net/ford-engines/item/16095-kent-valenci...e

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Fri 17 Aug 2018 19:52
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

thank you ,so you think the rotar cap will fit

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Mon 20 Aug 2018 13:54
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

put new cap on no spark still,tried to get rotar arm off its seems to be stuck, so borrowed a mates multimeter put it in the centre of the rotar after cleaning and the end where it touches the sparl plug terminals no reading,, so how do u get the rotar arm off,i thought they were a push fit,

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Mon 20 Aug 2018 15:16
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - Galaxy

They are a push fit. Sometimes, if the rotor arm hasn't been removed for a long time, it can "corrode" onto the distributor shaft but I've always managed to get them off eventually.

You just need to pull a bit harder!

Do remember that the ignition leads are resistive to reduce RF interference, or, at least, they should be. If you're trying to test them with a multimeter they will have a fairly high resistance.

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Mon 20 Aug 2018 16:05
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - elekie&a/c doctor

On some Bosch dizzys ,the rotor arm was glued onto the shaft ,out the factory. You may well have to break off the old rotor. Also ,a Bosch rotor very often has a resistor built into the top of the arm,between the centre and tip.If the meter you are using is not set to read the correct resistance range,it will show no continuity.

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Mon 20 Aug 2018 18:32
fiesta /escort - no spark at plugs - peter burdon

that must be why its not reading, i cleaned the rotar up with fine paper put new cap back on and its running,thank you all for advive mich appreciated, I should have known as youse to mess with cars a bit when younger but now at 70 you forget how things use to work, not messed with ignition systems for ages must be 30 odd years since id seen the inside off a distributor,Thank you all again.

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