8N CONDENSOR

PLEASE HELP

If you CONSTANTLY have a steady four volts at the coil when cranking, your points are shorted or not opening properly or there is a short elsewhere in the system.

If the voltmeter shows the full twelve volts with the points open, and four volts when the points are closed, the problem could well be the condensor, but more likely in the coil connections to the secondary.

You can get these answers INSTANTLY, EFFORTLESSLY and DIRECTLY by watching your dashboard ammeter. It"s difficult to say how much discharge your meter will read with the ignition on and engine at rest, but it should be in the ballpark of three amps IF the twelve-volt conversion was done correctly.

If you have three amps, crank. The meter should fluctuate as the points open and close. No fluctuation, no spark.

No spark from a frontmount has a few simple causes. Like Old sez below, stretch the pig tail on the coil. If that does not work, check for continuity inside the distributor w/ a meter or test light. It is very easy to ground the wire to the condenser when you replace the points. Check the point gap, .015 on all four lobes. Points do slip closed! Make sure you have the star washer under the screws on the points.

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