No spark

[Hitchhiker]

I don't think I actually have any power at the points. I think I was doing something wrong with that earlier.

[Hitchhiker]

I do have power out of the wire that screws into the distributor and I will check the wire between that and the top plate after I get done with dinner.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker

I do have power out of the wire that screws into the distributor and I will check the wire between that and the top plate after I get done with dinner.

That is likely the problem. The terminal on the points stud needs to be bend close to the nut, or it can touch ground, as it did on my Tudor when I first bought it. Also, the cable only needs a couple turns to be good. Too tight and it will ground out the insulated strap (bus bar) connecting the brass contact button and condenser.

[Hitchhiker]

So I got it figured out. The armor cable that goes into the distributor was not turned in enough for the inner wire to make contact with the lower plate. Sometime today I had that disconnected to make sure I was getting power that far. Having read not to screw it in to much I made sure to only give it 3 turns in. Turns out it needed more than that. That would explain, why I thought I had power earlier, but lost it along the way. The second problem which was intermittent was a broken wire between the upper and lower plate in the distributor. You couldn't see it. and when I removed it from the car and tested it the wire was fine, but installed. No connection.

Having gone thru this, and had a very good walk thru today I now feel confidant to trouble shoot this again, should it ever be problem.

Thank you Mitch//pa and Tom Wesenberg for the help.

I did try to start it, and got some life, but the carb is now leaking fuel all over the place.

Here is a picture of it awhile back while assembling it.