I think I fried my ignition

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Gary Smiley

I have an 88 Volvo 240 wagon with 225K mi. My battery went dead in the
cold weather here in the Northeast. I jumped the battery and it was OK.
I brought it to a tire/battery shop, but they said they didn't have the
right battery. Here's where I made my mistake: I should have told them
to order a battery, but instead, I decided to take my chances with
another repair shop. They gave me a jump, but when I left the shop the
car stalled at the first traffic light and the battery went dead again.
I called my wife and she came down and jumped the car battery, but now
the engine turns over but there is no spark. So we pushed it back to the
tire/battery place and told them to order a battery. They replaced the
battery today, but the engine still won't start- it turns over, but
there is no ignition.
Did I fry my ignition? Can it be repaired? Could anybody give me an
intelligent guess as to what may be wrong, and what would be needed to
fix it? (I plan to have it towed to a mechanic, but they're not open
until Tuesday, so any help would be appreciated).
Thanks in advance.
- Gary
 
Gary Smiley said:
I have an 88 Volvo 240 wagon with 225K mi. My battery went dead in the
cold weather here in the Northeast. I jumped the battery and it was OK.
I brought it to a tire/battery shop, but they said they didn't have the
right battery. Here's where I made my mistake: I should have told them
to order a battery, but instead, I decided to take my chances with
another repair shop. They gave me a jump, but when I left the shop the
car stalled at the first traffic light and the battery went dead again.
I called my wife and she came down and jumped the car battery, but now
the engine turns over but there is no spark. So we pushed it back to the
tire/battery place and told them to order a battery. They replaced the
battery today, but the engine still won't start- it turns over, but
there is no ignition.
Did I fry my ignition? Can it be repaired? Could anybody give me an
intelligent guess as to what may be wrong, and what would be needed to
fix it? (I plan to have it towed to a mechanic, but they're not open
until Tuesday, so any help would be appreciated).
Thanks in advance.
- Gary
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Could be a coincidence, you could check the hall sensor in the distributor,
and the fuse on the inner fender, and the ignition module.
 
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