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Old 01-11-2015, 06:52 PM   #6
Tom Wesenberg
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Originally Posted by Tom Cavallaro View Post
It starts, it just turns over for 30 secs. Before it starts, then stalls. I start it again, another 30 secs. Then starts. Don't know how far, because I did a complete revolution on the cam to make sure all slack is out. Also had to clip the light to the arm on the points to get the light to work properly, because when I cliped it on the coil, the light was always on, and only got brighter when the points opened.
Tom
This tells me you have a poor connection on the ground side of the coil. Probably the points contacts need to be cleaned. When the key is on and the points closed, the light should go out.
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