new ignition coil, condenser and points fitted, starter motor refurbished

golf mk 2, any ideas befor i garage it?

Turn the ignition on and see if there's a spark if you pop the points apart . Have you got the points to the rite side of the coil ?

well someone had put a tester on the HT lead to test it, he said no spark was going from the ignition coil, if weather nice 2moro i might go have a look as its at a mates atm and see if the points spark,

right side of the coil??? its fitted how the old 1 was in the dizzy,

ummm , if theres a spark at the points the coil is working , so then it mite be the points set badly , roter arm or dizzy cap , if it aint sparking at the points it mite be the coil , there loads on here that know more than me that can prob help more but thats what id do first , good luck

ive got a spare coil kicking around if that helps.

i wish i came here to see if anyone had any spare, just spent 20 quid on a brand new 1

well if you have a nice new one at least you can know its good for a wile . where are you mate ?

Bristol my B

yeap bristol, westbury on trym

djkoz09 wrote:i wish i came here to see if anyone had any spare, just spent 20 quid on a brand new 1

oh well, least you can rule that out as your problem

has it helped?

not even vauxmania will look at it because it is old and has no ecu lol

djkoz09 wrote:not even vauxmania will look at it because it is old and has no ecu lol

they do sort of, a little black box on an aluminium heat sink. mounted by the wiper motor i think .

this is one,
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=mk2+golf+ignition+unit&_sacat=0&_dmpt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&_odkw=polo+ignition+unit&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
ive got one here, check the numbers on yours. out of interest have you tried the distributor? some have a hall sender in them which can fail. my mk2 did this when i had it. volksmagic had a s/h one and sorted the prob.

now i feel like a total noob hall sender?

to lazy to read up//// i dont know if i already mentioned that my mums ex had put a spark tester pen on it and there was no spark going through the lead between the dizzy and the ignition coil

try that ignition unit fingummybob and maybe the ignition switch itself. the switch is about £3 from gsf. i unpluged the connector from the back of the switch on the steering colum , pluged the new switch in and tried it that way before taking the origional switch out. it wasnt that on mine it was the dizzy. however i bought the ign system complete almost so if its the same i may have summat here i can send for you to try.
what year is the golf?

im a bit confused , the coil is before the dizzy , if theree no power out the coil then the coil or the power to the coil is to blame , it easy to test the power to the coil with a power meter , if therees power in the rite bit then there will be power at th dizzy , then its the points or the dizzy i fucked ,

come one goerge or baz , help this poor chap before i make it more complicated ,

sod it im moving this to chat , we will sort this if it kills us

its 1984, it turns over slowly as if its - judder judder judder if that makes sense , ill go to my mates today where the car is currently on their drive and look for the ign unit, will also try possibly getting a vid of it to put on youtube thats if i can find my pc lead

anyone in bristol free to pop along and look at it? i dont really want to be paying a garage especially not the ones around here lol

Toastie wrote:
sod it im moving this to chat , we will sort this if it kills us

fdk on the case.
ftw

i was hoping someone clever would get on the case

oh well, just us pair then old bean

he's fucked then aint he

djkoz09 wrote:it turns over slowly as if its - judder judder judder if that makes sense

That and no spark coming from the coil, you sure it's not just the battery is fooked?

dunno, anyone got a spare battery? altho saying that, it wouldnt start on jump leads either, i havnt been to look at my car as iv been busy but might have some time later for the ignition unit, could it be the immobi's fucked? how do i tell?

djkoz09 wrote: could it be the immobi's fucked? how do i tell?

new can o worms there. i would of thought that would cut the ignition system full stop and prob not even turn over the engine.
i could be wrong though.

it normally does, like if i dont put the fob in to 'deactivate it' it does nothing but beep and then after 5 seconds the alarm would go off but however, someone mentioned that it could be causing it not to spark, but i dunno, the guy seemed a bit lazy minded, qualified but not experienced type of guy me thinks

just seen your in brizzle bit of a treck from kidder but ive got a switch and an ecu(fingy) here if its the same as yours?