coil to distributer harness

[Tom Wesenberg]

Dirty points could also leave the ammeter with no movement while cranking the engine. You need a test light to follow where the electricity drops off. Touch each side of the coil primary to see if the coil is passing current, then work your way down to the points, which should be grounded when they are closed.

[FrankWest]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Dirty points could also leave the ammeter with no movement while cranking the engine. You need a test light to follow where the electricity drops off. Touch each side of the coil primary to see if the coil is passing current, then work your way down to the points, which should be grounded when they are closed.

I took the cap off and
How do you remove the rotor to get below to see the points?

[darrylkmc]

FrankWest,

The rotor should bull straight up and come off, if it is original it could be bakelite and brittle, rocking them while taking them off can crack them.

Darryl in Fairbanks

[FrankWest]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Dirty points could also leave the ammeter with no movement while cranking the engine. You need a test light to follow where the electricity drops off. Touch each side of the coil primary to see if the coil is passing current, then work your way down to the points, which should be grounded when they are closed.

Just one last question. If the points were bad after 20 years, why did the car start right up? And it ran great, beautiful smooth sound, sounded better than my hinda accord! Ran for more than 1 hour straight on each of the 3 starts. Would the point actual get worse upon running.

Can I just use a test light probe bought at autozone?