"Andrew B. Lundgren" wrote:
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> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:06:16 -0500, Chris Chandler wrote:
> Two: Pull of a spark plug wire; sick a phillips screw driver about the
> same size as the tip of your plug into the wire contact. Then hold
> onto the INSULATED part of the screwdriver. Hold the metal part of the
> screw driver close the a ground on the car. (The air rail is pretty
> easy to reach from where you will be if you still have one.) Don't
> ground yourself to the car or anything else. (Unless you want to try to
> make things a little more interesting.) Have a helper turn the engine
> over. If there is spark you will see it jump between the screw driver
> and the ground. If you aren't seeing any move it to a point where it
> is almost touching the ground and keep watching. (It is ok to touch
> the ground accidentally in my experience.) If you do get a spark, pull
> the plug out, stick it in the wire; ground the metal base of the plug
> and see if there is a spark when the engine is turned over. (The
> helper won't be able to tell you if there was a spark using this
> method.
Did this now. Very confusing.. it sparked once in a while... shouldn't
it spark regularly??? Bad distributor?
The silly thing was running (albeit very badly) when I test drove it 4
days ago!!!
<sigh>
Chris
'72 B Roadster
'70 B Roadster
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