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08-27-2018, 01:49 PM | #1 |
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Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
After a lot of troubleshooting to figure out why I wasn't getting spark on the Model A, I discovered that I CAN get spark, but only when the timing lever is fully advanced.
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08-27-2018, 01:53 PM | #2 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
Check the wire between the upper and lower plates.
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08-27-2018, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
Just checking for good connection/wear and tear?
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08-27-2018, 02:59 PM | #4 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
The wire that connects the upper and lower plates inside the distributor must be routed carefully and the wire lug that attaches to the threaded post of the moveable arm of the points must be bent to a vertical position or it will contact the housing when the advance lever is moved.
When assembling a distributor, when complete, Place the leads of an ohm meter, one to the housing ground, the other to the arm of the points. Slip a business card between the points and move the spark lever. There should not be any conductivity. Tom Endy |
08-27-2018, 03:02 PM | #5 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
The distributor was a new, pre-assembled unit. Not that that rules anything out.
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08-27-2018, 03:08 PM | #6 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
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I had read that wasn't my brain fart.
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08-27-2018, 05:59 PM | #8 |
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Re: Spark only when timing is fully advanced?
Did you time it when you put it in your engine?
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08-27-2018, 06:04 PM | #9 |
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