Fitz and all,
Replaced all the new "stuff" with the old. Guess what, I have plenty of
spark and things are working correctly. Let me get some fuel to the two dry
carbs and I may be on the road today. Thanks to all. :>)))
At 12:49 PM 5/12/2002 -0400, RFitzp2782@aol.com wrote:
>the condenser in the system keeps the points from arcing open it servers
>as a path for the voltage to go until the points are open
>in the past i have found that the are ether good or bad usually shorted
>to ground in which case you would have no voltage present at the
>points and a very warm coil
>sound correct?
>so iam assuming that the condenser is not the problem
>to eliminate distributor cap and the whole system working back wards is
>the easiest way
>
>just pull the wire from the center of the dist cap and hook it to a NEW
>spark plug and lay it on the valve cover
>take the negative wire from the coil and with the key ON tap it very fast
>on the engine you are simulating the points opening and closing if the
>is no spark
>ohm your coil out post to post and then neg post to center connection or
>swap it out if you have a other around
>
>Fitz
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