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Old 09-24-2020, 07:19 PM   #12
shew01
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Default Re: Car Will Not Start--No Apparent Spark

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Originally Posted by wmws View Post
With the points open if you have power to the movable point arm you electrical system is good up to that point. The problem is that the juice is not going through the points to ground. Either your points are bad or you distributor is not making ground contact with the engine. Try cleaning your points first. That is easy.
I'm getting 6 volts with the points closed and open. I'm thinking I should get only 0 volts with the points closed.
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