Is anyone familiar with ~'86 Renault 1.7 ignition?

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 04/04/2016 at 08:17 • Filed to: None

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A friend’s Renault Alliance has decided to come over all French and lose spark. ... You in the back there - quit laughing.

pip bip - choose Corrour > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:20

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tellhim to burn it and move on.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/04/2016 at 08:23

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pip bip - choose Corrour > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:24

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:P

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:25

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Friends don’t let friends drive AMC-Renaults.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/04/2016 at 08:26

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Bad cars are a lifestyle choice we must encourage and respect. If it’s funny, anyway.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:27

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He sould do it proper and find a Le Car

Flavien Vidal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:30

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That would be the F3N engine... My wild guess would be the distributor or the coil that failed... Fairly common with those... Coil is cheap, distributor can be quite a bit more expensive. Maybe just test the coil first then go with the distributor. Changing the head only is often enough, but not always...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Flavien Vidal 04/04/2016 at 08:47

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The distributor is turning, didn’t appear to have anything obviously wrong. No spark at the coil. I haven’t found a wiring diagram yet to ensure the coil is getting power and so on, but I naturally suspected the coil might have given up.

Flavien Vidal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 08:49

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Whether it’s turning or not won’t mean anything really... Those things sometimes just decide to stop working and want ot be changed lol. But change the coil first, it’s most likely the reason why you don’t have sparks :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Flavien Vidal 04/04/2016 at 08:57

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It appears I’m in luck - the same ignition module was also used for the Jeep Cherokee, so will be *very* available. The reason I remarked that I didn’t think it was the dizzy was that I didn’t see anything more to the distributor than a cap and rotor - didn’t even see a reluctor. If a reluctor and sensor is there and I just missed it, I understand how it might have a whole bunch of problems.

Flavien Vidal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/04/2016 at 09:40

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Cool man, keep us updated and if you could join pictures to this whole thing, I’d love to follow it that way :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Flavien Vidal 04/06/2016 at 08:58

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It turned out the Renault’s ignition circuit was out in spots due to a broken connection. All fixed now with no new parts, even.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/13/2016 at 12:28

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Yes. They should encourage their friends to drive good American Cars like The Eagle Premiere!