'62 1600cc VW ...Nbr 1/2 cylinders are not firing but get spark. generator appears to be dead. What might the problem be?

no year car told. (will Assume starter cranks fast)
NO SPARK (fire only happens with fuel) fueling is last.
when did it last run this car, last week, month, year, ? or never
as in fixing dead car for friend ,etc? for found a dead car?


spark that is called,the High voltage HV ) spark coil makes spark happen on all gas engines. and evolved radically from 1990 to now.
so your not telling cars year, country, makes answer frankly impossible
Generic answer next. (4cyl. 1.3L)

• fuses blown. (we check them all, )
• icm bad, or bad distributor. or installed wrong.
• 2 coil packs,? 1,3,4,2 fired, and wired backwards (OOPS)
• COPS bad. (coil over plugs x4)
• CKP bad
• CMP bad
• cam belt slipped making CMP and CKP LIE and ECU ignores them. or fires sparks in WRONG TIME.(varies by year made)
• wires bad to all that. or connector, there.
• key switch bad (ing pin)
• bad spark coil HV,or HV wires sets bad. to distrib or to coil packs.
• always test all spark plugs not just one., or bark up the wrong tree easy.

if 2 coil packs the HV lugs most not connected wrong,
or spark firing order is lost.
if 2coil packs, 1 spark plug or 1 HV wire fails 1 spark plugs die
and 4cyl with only 2 sparks good cannot RUN.
1,3,4,2 is order.

1983 to 2011 years wiki says

The Ford Bantam is a coup? utility/pickup (known in South African English as a 'Bakkie') produced in South Africa. Production of the Bantam spanned three generations, with the vehicle produced in South Africa for sale within the South African market.

Brazilian-designed Rocam engine is of single overhead-cam configuration with two valves per cylinder.
2002 to 2006, it says.
Zetec Rocam (Duratec 8v) was cam chain driven, but I'm not sure, none sold here.USA

It sounds like your firing order is out or your timing is out or you have fuel starvation.
I believe the firing order is 1-3-4-2 on your car. Only English Fords had a firing order of 1-2-4-3 and VW beetles are 1-4-3-2.
Next. check the timing. You should have a spark on no 1 cylinder when the timing mark on the front pulley is about 16 degrees from top dead center - there is a mark on the pulley to show these positions. If you don't know how to check it, take it to a service agent.
Make sure your fuel filter is clean - replace it, they are cheap - and then make sure you have good fuel flow to the carburetor.
Finally, you could have burnt valves. This will mean taking off the cylinder head and reseating or even replacing burnt valves. This could be a costly job and should be done by a qualified technician.

firing order is 1-4-3-6-2-5.
physical cylinders and corresponding plugs and wires:
6-5-4 drivers side back to front.
3-2-1 pax side back to front.

Coil pack connection is physical: Coil 1 to Cylinder 1, 2->2, etc.

I am not sure if this is your question, but firing order matches spark to TDC (top dead center) on the power stroke. The design of the crankshaft determines this.

1-3-4-2 is common for most straight 4's. Cylinder 1 is closest to the crank pulley. I believe your coils are 'waste spark' which means it will fire two cylinders at the same time. When the coil fires, one cylinder is on the power stroke and is wanting this spark. The other cylinder is on the exhaust stroke at this time, and thus the spark is 'wasted' on that cylinder. But a cylinder with exhaust gas has high impedance, so most of the energy is delivered to the intended cylinder.

If your question was 'should I just connect 1->1, 2->2, 3->3, 4->4' [ yes!] vs. ' should I try to connect coils following the firing order' [no] then the answer is the first. The trigger wheel determines which coilpack fires when, you just need to hook up the wires number for number.

Firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 --------- front ' 1 2 3 4 ' of ' 'distributorless ignition vehicle ' 5 6 7 8

For the 1994 VW Golf:
I do not know if you have the 1.8L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder or the 2.0L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder; however I have included both below:

For the 1.8L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder
Firing Order:
1-3-4-2
Cylinders:
..........(back).........
|...1....2....3....4...|
..........(front)
Distributor:
...(back)
(+)....1
...2.........3
........4...(+)-screw

For the 2.0L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder:
Firing Order:
1-3-4-2
Cylinders:
..........(back)..........
|...1....2....3....4...|
.........(front)
Distributor:
......(back)
.....2.......1
(+)............(+)-screws
.....4.......3
......(front)

Let me know if this helped, or if you have additional information or questions. Feel Free to contact me at FixYa.com!

See these items:-

The starter must have been bad due to the water.

Bad PCM or ignition coil.

Corroded battery cables.

See timing belt.

Good luck

The firing order is 1-4-3-2. From looking at the motor, cylinder 1 is right rear, cylinder 2 is right front, cylinder 3 is left rear, and cylinder 4 is left front.

The timing could be 180 degrees out you will have to do it all over again. Bring #1 cylinder upto TDC check the distributor rotor arm that it is pointing to #1 plug wire, It is important that the cams are on the intake stroke and not on the exhaust stroke. The crank is no big deal just make sure the marks are lined up.

there should be an acid mark (black mark) on gear, and yes cylinder #1 top dead center ps. make sure to disconnect distributor so it dont fire