40 Ford Ignition Woes

[Juergen]

You can eliminate the cap/rotor by checking the output of the coil. No spark there (along with no spark at a plug) says it is not a cap/rotor problem.

You have 6.2 volts at the coil. What do you have at the points side. Steady 0 would imply that the points stay closed, while 6.2 volts would imply that the points remain open. Assuming you have an analog meter, a slow crank speed should show some needle movement that the points are opening and closing.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by Juergen

You can eliminate the cap/rotor by checking the output of the coil. No spark there (along with no spark at a plug) says it is not a cap/rotor problem.

You have 6.2 volts at the coil. What do you have at the points side. Steady 0 would imply that the points stay closed, while 6.2 volts would imply that the points remain open. Assuming you have an analog meter, a slow crank speed should show some needle movement that the points are opening and closing.

I'll check that next with my old Simpson analog meter. Thanks. Points are new and set up on a Sun machine but still could be the problem.