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Old 05-23-2022, 10:08 AM   #18
restomod
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Default Re: Hello from Upstate NY with my 1930 Model A

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Originally Posted by 1930artdeco View Post
Here are two more tips:

These cars HAVE to have Great grounding for them to work properly. If there is any corrosion on the ground it will make things hard on her. So check the battery to ground and maybe add another from tranny to frame.

Since you have a wireless dist. Check the lower plate to make sure that the upper plate has not gouged it and is grounding. I never had that problem but some have.

And for the ca me into the dist. You only need to thread it in a few turns until you get contact. After that you risk the grounding issue.

Mike
Thanks! Will check those and in some of the other testing I have 'maybe' eliminated the lower plate and wire into the distro as I took it back out for now.

I will add the battery to my list to look at tonight. With a bad ground would the starter even work?

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Originally Posted by katy View Post
If the engine stopped w/the points closed, it's possible the coil is fried.
Correct, pretty much everything was fried, the coil in the car is brand new now. Not saying its eliminated from being issue out of the box, but it is new.
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