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Originally Posted by G.M.
The condenser is like a roll of film. It is a layer of foil with paper
saturated with electrolitic paste. The paste dries out and no longer
holds a charge. Try to look in past posts for several posts I made
describing how to test condensers. You can test them with a anolog
volt ohm meter. The more they dry out the less voltage they store.
The spark gets weaker and by jumping a plug wire to a head the
type of spark changes. A good spark is blue with a crisp spark that
jumps 1/2" from a plug wire to the head. The weaker the spark
the less distance it jumps and turns to a yellow spark that gets down
to a fuzzy yellow small ball that don't have enough power at the
spark plug to light the gas. They are also effected by heat, the hotter
they get the weaker the spark. When they get real weak the
compression blows the spark out. G.M.
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G.M.,
Thanks for the information, as I never considered that. I am installing a new Echlin (ECH FA76) in my 53' Merc, to see if it makeds a diffrfence.