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CWPASADENA · 02-28-2021, 11:17 PM

I would replace the points with better quality.

These look as they may be of a "Foreign" manufacturer (China?). If so, they have very little to no tungsten on them and they will keep corroding and loosing continuity. I have run across this several times. If you look carefully you can also see where the flat spring of the point arm is very close the the metal frame of the points where the connection screw goes thru. I have found that over time, the thin plastic insulator will compress and contact arm spring will ground out. A lot of these points were sold until it was found out they are no good and would fail.

My experience.

Chris W.

Borg Warner brand or other Good quality points are available. I get mine from O'Reilly's Auto Parts.

02-28-2021, 11:17 PM	#10
CWPASADENA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PASADENA, CA Posts: 1,885	Re: 29 Model A no spark on 2-4 I would replace the points with better quality. These look as they may be of a "Foreign" manufacturer (China?). If so, they have very little to no tungsten on them and they will keep corroding and loosing continuity. I have run across this several times. If you look carefully you can also see where the flat spring of the point arm is very close the the metal frame of the points where the connection screw goes thru. I have found that over time, the thin plastic insulator will compress and contact arm spring will ground out. A lot of these points were sold until it was found out they are no good and would fail. My experience. Chris W. Borg Warner brand or other Good quality points are available. I get mine from O'Reilly's Auto Parts.