From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 04:40:29 PDT
On more modern cars, the ballast resistor (limiting the current to the coil)
is bypassed during cranking of the engine in the "cranking" position of the
ignition switch..../Bjorn
>From: Fred Martin <mung@in-touch.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] M151A2 Starting Problem - Solved (I hope)
>Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:41:53 -0400
>
>You are a good candidate for my method...while it is turning over...release
>the starter and see if the extra voltage it lets the ignition system have
>will do the trick. Fred Martin
>
>Antonio Regazzoni (Home) wrote:
>>Hi list,
>>
>>I think I'm having the same problem as Rich Sherman. I have a M151A2 with
>>two good batteries. They are not charged 100% but I can measure 12.6 V on
>>both of them. This makes 25.2 V total. When I crank the engine I can
>>measure 23.4 V. The engine doesn't start !
>>
>>I cannot believe that the ignition system is so sensitive that with 23.4 V
>>doesn't give enough sparks to start the engine. I'm thinking that the
>>problem could be in a big voltage drop between the batteries and the
>>ignition coil, or a bad coil or capacitor.
>>
>>I will measure the input voltage at the coil and check all the electrical
>>connections from the battery to the ignition system.
>>
>>Any comments ?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Antonio Regazzoni,
>>1944 MB
>>1974 M151A2
>>1975 Pinzgauer
>>
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