97 with no spark

[mbaubele]

Need some help here. I have a 1997 club car that was cutting out when it got hot, no spark. I changed the coil and the the thing seemed to run fine for a few weeks. Then all of the sudden, it quit running. It has no spark at all. I changed the RPM limiter today and it still has no spark. I checked the micro switches and everything is fine with those. I followed the instructions in the service manual and the only thing that i can come up with is the RPM limiter is supposed to be continuity between the ground wire and the Black wire. I am getting about 33 ohms of resistance. The coil seems to check out good to with regard to the specs.

I guess my question is what are the chances that a brand new OEM rev limiter could be bad right our of the box?

any suggestions are appreciated.

Very frustrated.

[lockman1]

Welcome to BGW Very frustrated! (mbaubele)

Anything is possible, maybe you did get a bad limiter,
Remove the ground wire from the left mounting stud, run it and see if it quits again!

[mbaubele]

It wont spark at all. no spark with the ground on or off.

I am thinking its more the coil now since it won't spark at all. From everything i have read, it should still spark with or without the RPM limiter if the coil is good.

[lockman1]

Yeah... I was just trying to eliminate the easy stuff first!

[meimk]

All the RPM limiter does is ground the ignition (kills spark) when it exceeds a preset RPM's. Disconnect the ground lead and it's out of the picture. If you STILL have no spark it's the coil or the bottom microswitch in the "black box". FYI I've had several faulty new coils lately. Since I think they are almost all made by the same manufacturer (regardless of what brand they are sold under) it is something to consider.