Skip, Been there, Done that! It happened with a 51 ford V8 many moons ago. Only I had dented the condenser with the blade of a screwdriver. It ran, then it stopped, then it ran again. Drove me nuts! I finally "Shotgunned" the problem and bought a tuneup kit and replaced everything under the distributor cap. I noticed the dent in the capacitor as I took it off. It ran fine after replacement.
Terry
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Originally Posted by skip
So let's say the churn shuts off a bit when your driving merrily down the road, then fires up and runs. The car does this a few times before shutting off for good and you had to walk home for the tow strap and a second driver.
You have clean filtered non-watered fuel
You have compression
You have [had] timing, [EZ Starting] good running.
Now, DOA, you have no spark when the points are energized with the key on 'ON' and opened and closed manually. Thinking 'Condenser' on a modern upper plate fitted with 1970 Ford V-8 points and condenser that the condenser might be going to ground.
So I need to poke around with a test light.
Q. Can I run her for a few minutes with the condenser out of the system? Sure, why not? Probably got wet in the drizzle and car washing after the parade.
As cheap as they are, I guess it's over to NAPA. Thanx Tom.
skip.
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