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gulfoil · 05-17-2020, 12:34 PM

On the 29 Model A I have a reoccurring problem. There is no fire at the points. Wires are clean, grounds are good, coil is hot, condenser is good. Yet last night it ran great, this morning no fire at the points. Yesterday I went through the distributor and all is fine. I pulled the distributor and ran it on a test engine and had the same problem. Took another distributor and put it in the car, same problem so I suspected the shielded cable. It is fine, and makes good contact, not shorting out. Then, it starts working again later on, no reason. I am running the distributor that has an acorn nut on the plate instead of the little wire that often gives trouble. All my points of contact are good. Replaced points, condenser all the guts. Same problem.

Any ideas? Thanks for the assistance!
Mike Royster

05-17-2020, 12:34 PM	#1
gulfoil Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Shelby NC Posts: 23	No fire at the points On the 29 Model A I have a reoccurring problem. There is no fire at the points. Wires are clean, grounds are good, coil is hot, condenser is good. Yet last night it ran great, this morning no fire at the points. Yesterday I went through the distributor and all is fine. I pulled the distributor and ran it on a test engine and had the same problem. Took another distributor and put it in the car, same problem so I suspected the shielded cable. It is fine, and makes good contact, not shorting out. Then, it starts working again later on, no reason. I am running the distributor that has an acorn nut on the plate instead of the little wire that often gives trouble. All my points of contact are good. Replaced points, condenser all the guts. Same problem. Any ideas? Thanks for the assistance! Mike Royster