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[Shawehall]

Hi all, so I have a aldon distributor with ignitor electronic ignition, newly rebuilt engine, on Monday I had the engine running perfectly all day, in the evening I drove it into the garage, Tuesday morning I turned the key and it just turned over without firing, I'm getting no spark whatsoever, after lots of troubleshooting I'm putting it down to the dizzy, I am running a new lucas 105 gold, which I have only just read online ( it's still hard to find) but says this coil SHOULD NOT be used with the ardon ignitor,
So have I just fried my ignitor module by running it for a few hours or should this not affect it that severely?
Appreciate any help! Thank you

[68+86auto]

The first step is to check for power to the module and coil while cranking. This must be above 9.6v.

[coopertaz]

i did the same and the coil got hot and died, switched to DLB198 for electronic ignition and no problems since

[Midas Mk1]

I’ve had two ignitors fail in ten years, both with the correct 3 ohm coil.
Was the push I needed to get a swiftune csi.

Basic wiring checks first to make sure you’ve got power at the ignitor, and a decent ground.