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Originally Posted by dbtenner
Hello Ford Barn,
I'm needing some assistance. On Friday I drove my 1934 Roadster for at least an hour or two around town without any issues. Idling at stops, vacuum pressure, shifting and overall operation was just fine. Smooth sailing. Now this morning on Christmas Eve, I drove it around town for maybe 30 minutes and came to a stop at a stop sign (had a bump in the road). Downshifted to first gear and was ready to take off, shifted into second and then in the midst of going into third it died. Could not get it to start after that.
I have gone through the entire fuel delivery system draining the lines. Then cranking to make sure fuel is shown in the filter and consequently the carb. No problem with that. The battery is now dead aftre many attempts starting it. I had my brother try and crank it over earlier, and held a continuity tester on the coil (that goes on the spark plug). NO SPARK after he was hitting the starter.
Any ideas?? I doubt its the condenser or distributor related since I did not touch it. However I did take the side caps (going to the ignition coil) to see the points and then put it back in and closed the wire latch. Need some guidance please.
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Quite possible that extended run time heat soaked the coil and/or condenser so no spark until things cool down. Get a couple long spark plug wires and a short length of clear vinyl tubing that the wires slide in snugly. Disconnect one plug wire from a plug and hook to one long wire and run it out of the hood where you can see it. Slide the end into the clear tubing. Slide the other wire into the same tube until the wire ends are about 1/8" apart. Connect that 2nd wire to the plug. You will be able to see the spark as the engine is running. Go for a drive and watch the spark as the engine dies. If the spark quits, it's ignition failure. If the spark is still there, it's fuel.