# Car wont starts **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ignition\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938 "2009-01-14T23:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![circmand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@circmand](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circmand)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/1 "2009-01-14T23:38:07Z")
yeah real original. The car was running but the ground wire fell off my ignition. Not knowing the correct wire I put a power wire on. Got smoke and melted wires. I have rewired the melted part but while turning over the car will not start. Power is getting to the coil but not coming out. Is it possible I fried my coil? Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/2 "2009-01-15T00:08:17Z")
Post your vehicles vital information (year,type,etc.) ---
**Author:** ![circmand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@circmand](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circmand)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/3 "2009-01-15T15:22:01Z")
1974 Jensen Healy 907 Lotus motor ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/4 "2009-01-15T15:36:03Z")
Wow! Now there’s one you don’t see every day. Nice car. If the current is getting to the coil, but not coming out, I’d suggest you try a new coil. Unless, of course, you haven’t found all the melted wires yet. Have you checked all the fuses? ---
**Author:** ![circmand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@circmand](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circmand)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/5 "2009-01-15T16:43:39Z")
Yeah 7-8 years ago I thought it would be fun to fix upan old car. Saw the JH on ebay and bought it was way over my head on the Lotus motor so my checkbook did the most work. Current is coming in but not out so I will try as new coil Thanks. The fuses (all 3) were checked, I replaced the one bad one but still no start. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/6 "2009-01-15T16:47:08Z")
Three fuses, eh? Well, I guess that’s an improvement. My 1966 Sunbeam Alpine only had two fuses. Good luck. Hope the damage to the electrical system was minor. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/7 "2009-01-15T16:56:28Z")
Is the electrical system on this car of the typical negative ground type, or is it the old, traditional British positive ground type (or as the Brits called it, positive “earth”)? I don’t recall when the British auto industry switched from positive ground to negative ground. ---
**Author:** ![circmand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@circmand](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circmand)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/8 "2009-01-15T21:50:12Z")
That is something I do not know. ---
**Author:** ![circmand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@circmand](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circmand)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-starts/24938/9 "2009-02-25T22:49:31Z")
It turns out I fried the condensor