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Originally Posted by gadam05
The rotor does turn.---" What do you mean " it could be shorting the spark to the shaft "
When I crank the engine with the choke pulled , gas does run out of the carb. Does that indicate a problem, or just that I have good gas flow to the carb.?
ANOTHER QUESTION-- WHEN THE ENGINE IS CRANKING, THE AMPMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT MOVE. FRANKLY I NEVER NOTICED WHETHER IT NORMALLY MOVED OR NOT, SHOULD IT? WHEN I PUT THE LIGHTS ON ,THEN THE AMPMETER SHOWS A DISCHARGE.
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Twice I've seen where the spark went into the rotor, jumped through the plastic and shorted to ground (the shaft). You can hold the coil wire directly on the rotor while someone else cranks the engine. This way you can see if the spark is jumping to all 4 contacts in the body. With the cap removed just be careful the body doesn't move off the distributor and get caught on the spinning rotor.
Starter current doesn't go through the ammeter, so it's normal for the needle to not move while cranking. Most Model A's have the coil wired to show current draw on the ammeter, so if your's is also this way you should see the ammeter move from about -4 to 0 and keep flicking back and forth while cranking.