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flash9376 · 03-03-2012, 07:25 PM

I recently got my 1930 tudor sedan back from the body after a several month restoration. I have been working to finishing it up in time for spring and have run into one major issue, I cant get a spark. I have researched the issue and checked and rechecked and discovered that something in the distributor is grounding. Ive tried swapping out the upper and lower plates and the body and various combonations of the three but to no avail. The upper plate sparks when it touches the housing and sometimes shocks me and the housing sparks when i touch it to a ground. I had it running before I got the body all fixed up so i dont really know what went wrong. Is there something Im missing or havent tried? Any advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciate.

P.S. All the wiring, the battery and the coil are new, the distibutor innnards, with the exception of the condenser, are original.

03-03-2012, 07:25 PM	#1
flash9376 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 35	Disrtibutor problems I recently got my 1930 tudor sedan back from the body after a several month restoration. I have been working to finishing it up in time for spring and have run into one major issue, I cant get a spark. I have researched the issue and checked and rechecked and discovered that something in the distributor is grounding. Ive tried swapping out the upper and lower plates and the body and various combonations of the three but to no avail. The upper plate sparks when it touches the housing and sometimes shocks me and the housing sparks when i touch it to a ground. I had it running before I got the body all fixed up so i dont really know what went wrong. Is there something Im missing or havent tried? Any advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciate. P.S. All the wiring, the battery and the coil are new, the distibutor innnards, with the exception of the condenser, are original.