Oil seal in the distributer is letting oil seep in, and it gets on the points. Or possibly, the vent in the oil fill cap is plugged, causing the engine to build pressure, and pushing oil past the oil seal in the distributer.[/quote]
That thought crossed my mind, there is some oily residue in there, but nothing I would call a film or even too excessive for a 60 plus year old machine. I do grease the points block every now and then too. IIRC there has always been a bit in there for as long as I can remember when changing or checking points.
It really could be an option though.
I want to run it hard for a while and see if it starts by running well and then slowly gets bad. I ran it back to the farm and back again and then let it sit and it started back up so we will see.
Doe anyone know what a 12v internally resisted coil should ohm out at . Mine is around 3.5. between the 2 posts
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