Re: Farmall C not getting a spark

Posted by 440roadrunner on October 04, 2012 at 19:50:39 from (76.178.190.178):

In Reply to: Farmall C not getting a spark posted by El Toro on October 04, 2012 at 14:42:27:

As good as the above is, you neglected to mention the condenser (capacitor.) Points type systems will not generate a spark without a GOOD condenser

"New" does not mean "good" IE operational.

I always take the points temporarily "out of the problem" by bumping the engine until the points are open. With the switch on, check for battery voltage on the points side of the coil.

If you have that, pull the coil wire, and short the points side of the coil to ground several times, either at the coil, or right at the points, which will check the distributor primary wire. If you can generate a spark by doing so, clean up the points, check the gap and see what you have.

I ALWAYS keep old but "were running" condensers, and have seen new ones defective out of the box

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