The silent mystery of the no spark dilemma

Tiny
ICEMAN502
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  • 1999 NISSAN ALTIMA
  • 2.4L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 299,936 MILES
I have a 1999 Nissan Altima GXE 2.4 l I started out changing the blown head gasket ended up changing alternator starter distributor and now here I am spark I just found out today that I know he sparked to my camshaft sensor Jesus so my question is this black and white wire coming off the distributor where does it go just go to the ignition does it go to the back of the ignition switch is that what I'm seeing back there and it's it's it has power with key on right
Monday, July 8th, 2024 AT 8:18 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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It sounds like you may have a defective distributor, here are the wiring diagrams for the distributor so you can see how the system works. And white wire goes to a condenser noise suppressor so it should not matter. The engine wiring diagrams included the ignition distributor BTW.

Here is a guide to help you test the wiring:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring

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Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 AT 10:09 AM
Tiny
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Okay Ken, so with that being said about the distributor I've got throwaway distributors whatever you want to call it but I've changed all the parts in them and I've got several pieces and I've interchanged everything what's happening now is what's happening is the fuse on the inside of the car for the ECM is not there's no power going to it and yesterday when I checked the wiring on the plug for the distributor the six pin I mean six the black and white wire there's no power to that wire and there's still no power to I think the crank sensor wired I'm not sure I'll have to check that but that's my answer that's my reply right now I appreciate it the getting back and I'll be looking forward to your next thing I'm concerned about the fuse on the inside of the car fuse box everything else every other fuse under the hood inside the car lights that that went on inside the ECU has no power.
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Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 AT 1:39 PM

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