Just made an account so please let me know if this is the wrong place to post this type of thing.
So... Basically, I bought a 1974 Volvo 142 for a dollar from a dude who had it sitting in a hanger for 30-ish years. Or at least it hasn't been legally on the road in 32 years. The last TX registration tag says 1988. I know, Yikes. Also, I'm on a shoestring budget. Double yikes. So anyway, after getting it running and driving with a weber 32/36, a going out clutch, some really scary brakes, and especially scary noises from the trans in every gear other than 4th, I decided to pull the distributor to check the points gap and replace whatever points lube turns into after 30 years. Pulled the dizzy, gapped the points, threw some lube on it, got ready to stick it back in, and... Boom. Like magic, it doesn't start. I didn't mark the distributor, but there was only one angle for it to go in, so I don't think it was a timing thing. So, I figure maybe I wasn't paying any attention to where the wire that runs to the points spring and condenser was plugged into the coil. Swapped it to the other terminal and melted the little wire inside the dizzy in half. I grabbed some wire and soldered that bad boy right where the old one was. Now I'm back to where I was when I first stuck it back in, and it wouldn't start. I'm a halfway decent mechanic. I just have my moments, but I've never done points ignition before, so basically, my question is, what did I break when I ran the condenser wire to the wrong terminal on the coil? Also, any ideas on why it didn't start when I put it back in "correctly" the first time? Feel free to ask questions but in order to avoid the most basic ones...
The car came from the factory with that weird Bosch D-Jetronic CIS mechanical fuel injection.
The distributor on there is a fully mechanical one, no vacuum retard.
Red interior with a blue exterior.
My multimeter was dead, so I haven't tested the coil or condenser.
It's really late, and I can't think of anything else.
So... Basically, I bought a 1974 Volvo 142 for a dollar from a dude who had it sitting in a hanger for 30-ish years. Or at least it hasn't been legally on the road in 32 years. The last TX registration tag says 1988. I know, Yikes. Also, I'm on a shoestring budget. Double yikes. So anyway, after getting it running and driving with a weber 32/36, a going out clutch, some really scary brakes, and especially scary noises from the trans in every gear other than 4th, I decided to pull the distributor to check the points gap and replace whatever points lube turns into after 30 years. Pulled the dizzy, gapped the points, threw some lube on it, got ready to stick it back in, and... Boom. Like magic, it doesn't start. I didn't mark the distributor, but there was only one angle for it to go in, so I don't think it was a timing thing. So, I figure maybe I wasn't paying any attention to where the wire that runs to the points spring and condenser was plugged into the coil. Swapped it to the other terminal and melted the little wire inside the dizzy in half. I grabbed some wire and soldered that bad boy right where the old one was. Now I'm back to where I was when I first stuck it back in, and it wouldn't start. I'm a halfway decent mechanic. I just have my moments, but I've never done points ignition before, so basically, my question is, what did I break when I ran the condenser wire to the wrong terminal on the coil? Also, any ideas on why it didn't start when I put it back in "correctly" the first time? Feel free to ask questions but in order to avoid the most basic ones...
The car came from the factory with that weird Bosch D-Jetronic CIS mechanical fuel injection.
The distributor on there is a fully mechanical one, no vacuum retard.
Red interior with a blue exterior.
My multimeter was dead, so I haven't tested the coil or condenser.
It's really late, and I can't think of anything else.