[H. L. Chauvin]

Hi Dbbc,

Fire at the points & fire at the end of coil wire means fire made it to the distributor; however, for starting your engine, unless electrical energy travels to the tip of no. 1 spark plug tip when the timing pin slips in, you can spend days watching sparks at the end of your coil wire & points.

Please try going to the end of the line where the buck stops & be mindful that for your engine to start & run correctly, spark has to occur at the no. 1 spark plug tip, when the timing pin slips in & when the spark plug is "inside" the combustion chamber.

Very Simple Model A Engine "Electrical" Test:

A. Please assemble your distributor & remove all (4) spark plugs while still connecting spark plugs to your distributor body, & laying all (4) spark plugs on their sides to make sure they are all (4) grounded on the engine's head.

B. Retard spark lever all the way upwards, & turn your ignition switch "ON".

C. Remove front timing pin, turn pin end for end, & insert in your timing pin hole.

D. Turn your engine with hand crank with pressure on timing pin until timing pin slips in the timing gear.

E. At the moment that the timing pin slips in, spark plug no. 1, ( nearest the radiator), should fire.

F. After precisely following steps A. through E., please let us know exactly what happened at the tip of spark plug no. 1 at the moment that the timing pin slipped in.

The reporting of this information would appear to narrow possibilities for not starting.