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Owney..... ...now why would you think a short and an open are the same thing? they are exactly opposite and both are BAD in electrical things. And you must have a good condenser to prevent your ignition points from burning out from the electrical surge due to the ignition coil magnetic inductance property. And if'n ya don't understand enny of this, go talk to a highschool nerd in person. I told you exactly how to check a capacitor and why, and Dave told you exactlly the same thing. He and I are in agreement. I described exactly how your capacitor was constructed, 2 thin metallic foils separated by thin insulator rolled up for convience. And just think, if'n one of those foils is connected to the capacitor center wire, just where must the other foil be connected to? the round metalic case, maybe? Well what do you know? connect your ohm meter to those two and read 'em. Swap the leads around and read 'em again if'n ya wants. Should get about the same answers. Exact answers are not important, because an ohm meter is not a capacitor meter, its just a short (bad) indicator. Then you screw the capacitor case to the distibutor points plate don't you and connect the wire to the insulated part of the points. And 'vola' the capacitor is automatically connected electrically "across the points" where it will prevent your points from burning if'n its good. Now then, if'n after all this 'splainin', you still donnna understand, throw your dammm condensor innna trash and squander your $$$ for a new one and fergittaboutit..... ..respectfully, Dell
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