Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2013, 06:10 PM
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Excellent ideas. Keeping this good one as my spare.... Great. However, the one that let me down Saturday night had run fine for a few hundred miles.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-18-2013, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
So, l put a new condenser in there and she runs like a champ! Another victim of the fine quality of outsourced manufacturing!
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Being a Sunday afternoon, l lacked a spare condenser to try. I do have spares for my original unit, but not for the modern upper plate. Spares will be in my ditch bag from now on! Gonna hit NAPA...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 07:45 PM
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
The points are clean, and only have about 200 miles on them. Each time l opened them, a small spark occurred there, but the high voltage spark from the coil wire only occurred once in a while.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Mike, thank you for the explanation. Given the details, what's your opinion of my issue? Is my coil done for?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Ok. Here's where l am. Decided to try to start it up. Installed new plugs, put the same cap and rotor parts back, turned the gas on and cranked her over. No start. Pulled the coil wire off the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
PS. Good idea! We did look for stray sparking last night in the dark, during the snow storm and saw none. However, looking for carbon tracking is a great one. Thanks. This morning, l had the car...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Hey, lookie here, just set the coil wire near some steel and let it go, Jack! Anyhow, the timing check went fine. She is spot-on. This new, modern distributor, from Snyder's, has about 200 miles...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
The spark looks hot, blue and jumps a good 3/8". Compression came in low, but consistent with this old girl. Between 54 and 65 psi, so the head gasket or a stuck valve is out. The cam nut is...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: Bad Condenser Symptoms?
Last night l was thinking maybe a blown head gasket. l'm working on it now and am going to do a compression test and look at the spark jumping. The plugs are all wet with fuel. I had the Tilly...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2013, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 133,762
Bad Condenser Symptoms?
What symptoms point to a bad condenser? My 29, which has a new distributor with modern points, acted up something terrible lat night on a 50 mile run. It started with a random miss at 45 mph, and...
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