I am amazed, and Oh Darn

Yesterday this was true. Today when it failed I read ground and +12 depending on how the crank was rotated -- in other words, the points seemed to be opening and closing.

I connected an old spark plug with the ground electrode removed to the #4 spark plug wire and had a friend crank the starter -- I could get an arc to chassis. About 2mm maximum length. It was not bright.

This is very possible.

Is the condenser connected across the points? By this I mean, from the hot point to the ground point?

I think you mean most "Americans'" with the apostrophe after the "s."

"I can hammer it back into shape later." :wq!

. . . illustrate his point?

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:04:45 -0400, Shaggie ran around screaming and yelling:

damn dude...just be glad i got all the charactors in there....hehe....yes i did mean plural not possesive...now that sounds almost like obsessive...hmmm....thats Chris' story and he is sticking to it... JT

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:22:22 -0700, "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" ran around screaming and yelling:

the point is to "break my balls"..."bust my chops"....."yank my dick"...etc...

Remind me what a "charactor" is again? :-)

"I can hammer it back into shape later." :wq!

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:38:22 -0400, Shaggie ran around screaming and yelling:

you know.....that thing....the thingamagig.... JT

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search box to the right.

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Main Entry: thing·am·a·jig Function: noun Etymology: alteration of earlier thingum, from thing : something that is hard to classify or whose name is unknown or forgotten OUCH! :-D I'll stop now. *cough cough*

"I can hammer it back into shape later." :wq!

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:43:59 -0400, Shaggie ran around screaming and yelling:

that is what it tells you when you aren't smart enough to enter the word properly... JT

I had this problem once and it turned out to be the wee wire coming from the points to the condensor was grounding against the side of the distributer. Basically, the condensor wire (male spade type end) has to be shoved up the hole in the base of the diz. The female points wire then is pushed on. If the condensor wire is not firmly shoved into that hole then it can wobble and cause the points wire to ground up against the side of the distributer intermittently of course, Make sure that the condensor wire is firmy in that hole so that it does not move.

--Dan E

yes.

wrote:

I could have seen that myself. Duh.

I've got the SVDA right next to me here, and using a pair of strap-on inspection glasses, this thing seems to be tightly and correctly built. John at Aircooled thinks something is clearly screwy, though, and suggests replacing the points and condenser, which I will do then take for a test-drive after first burning a stick of incense, crossing myself, making an offering of a virgin maiden (need volunteer) and exorcising bad spirits with stick of smoldering sage. Breaking down alongside busy SoCal roads is not pleasant. Everyone has unnecessarily large SUVs and trucks which they drive very aggressively. This due to a mistaken sense of entitlement, distraction of cell phones, and too darn many $tarbucks hereabouts.

And certainly better than (most of our) Finnish.

Max

Shaggie wrote in news:uqf6709g2k15fo83t6cadp2u4mbvq69uso@

Keep reading and one will come out of lurking soon!

:D

Thank you, you silly foreigner ;)

Jan

Doesn't help with the *content* however ;)

Jan

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:07:54 +0300, Jan Andersson ran around screaming and yelling:

LOL..you are welcome...but from where *I* sit you are the silly foreigner....

Ah, but who is the silliest one of all?

OH YEA?

Well, from where I sit, you are LOWER. So HA!

Your King,

Jan ;)