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corvette8n · 10-16-2023, 07:14 AM

Make sure you have good grounds everywhere, they all need to be clean, bright, and tight.
Wire brush under all the ground connections then make sure their tight.

Fritz · 10-16-2023, 10:19 AM

If it were me, I’d replace the coil and condenser. You are getting power to the coil, which is good, but that doesn’t mean it works. These parts have probably gone bad over the last 60 years. You have gotten spark once, and it may have been all the coil/condenser could muster before giving up the ghost. You’re close!

People exclusively use Skip Haney’s rebuilt coils, and people get their condensers from the user, Tubman, here and from Third Gen Auto in TN if you call and ask which one to buy.

dean333 · 10-16-2023, 03:15 PM

Skip will be down for the count for six weeks, knee replacement.

petehoovie · 10-16-2023, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dean333

Skip will be down for the count for six weeks, knee replacement.

Does Skip have an apprentice?

10-16-2023, 07:14 AM	#21
corvette8n Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY Posts: 3,324	Re: Original flathead with no spark Make sure you have good grounds everywhere, they all need to be clean, bright, and tight. Wire brush under all the ground connections then make sure their tight.

10-16-2023, 10:19 AM	#22
Fritz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nashville Posts: 286	Re: Original flathead with no spark If it were me, I’d replace the coil and condenser. You are getting power to the coil, which is good, but that doesn’t mean it works. These parts have probably gone bad over the last 60 years. You have gotten spark once, and it may have been all the coil/condenser could muster before giving up the ghost. You’re close! People exclusively use Skip Haney’s rebuilt coils, and people get their condensers from the user, Tubman, here and from Third Gen Auto in TN if you call and ask which one to buy. __________________ Cars and metal rust away and are destroyed, but the Word of God will stand forever (Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35).

10-16-2023, 03:15 PM	#23
dean333 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Shorewood Illinois Posts: 1,062	Re: Original flathead with no spark Skip will be down for the count for six weeks, knee replacement. __________________ Tim Carlig