I'm not sure why there hasn't been more blame on the coil pack. Did you try pulling off each of the spark plug wires individually and holding them close to the block while cranking the engine? I know the 4G63 engines in the mitsubishis have dual coil packs. 1 of them went bad on mine and caused some ignition problems. Not sure if yours is the same way. If you are without spark across the board, it has to be a coil pack gone bad.This only applies to the coil pack you described having. With a conventional ignition system, the ignition module may be faulty. Regardless, you need to check all the spark plug wires individually. if all of them are without spark, try the wire going from the coil to the distributor. If you have current there but none from the distributor to the plugs, then you probably toasted the points in the distributor and the current is not making the jump from the rotor to the points. In that case you could try using a smooth file to lightly clean the points and install a new rotor. I highly doubt that all of the plugs would be fouled enough to keep from getting enough spark to the cylinders. You would have had problems well before now. If you bought the car this way, wire brush them, regap and install. Like I said, more than likely not the problem. With trouble shooting, you need to check the components in line. If it's not the first one, check the second and so on and so forth. Of course, this is all after you have checked Johnny's suggestion.
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