The Ford Barn

firefirefire90 · 09-05-2010, 06:14 PM

Hey everyone, the younging is back asking some probably simple questions.. but there you go.

Anyway, I finally got around to working on my early 1930 Model A coupe. I found a 6v battery, rebuilt the carb, slapped in some new spark plugs(gapped them to .35), and now I cannot seem to get the car to start. She will turn over just fine but it just wont catch. I know I have air and fuel, but not spark. I had to bypass my ignition switch so I know that could be the culprit, so I just now ordered a new switch + keys to replace the old pop-out one. I was reading on a model T article that you can make the coil buzz as a test to see if it's working correctly? I'm guessing this means that you put a positive and negative current to it to see if it's working inside there. Please let me know about anything i should check over. Electrics on this "simple" car are not always so simple

Thank you,

-Nick

09-05-2010, 06:14 PM	#1
firefirefire90 Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: San Francisco/San Diego, CA Posts: 47	how to test spark? Hey everyone, the younging is back asking some probably simple questions.. but there you go. Anyway, I finally got around to working on my early 1930 Model A coupe. I found a 6v battery, rebuilt the carb, slapped in some new spark plugs(gapped them to .35), and now I cannot seem to get the car to start. She will turn over just fine but it just wont catch. I know I have air and fuel, but not spark. I had to bypass my ignition switch so I know that could be the culprit, so I just now ordered a new switch + keys to replace the old pop-out one. I was reading on a model T article that you can make the coil buzz as a test to see if it's working correctly? I'm guessing this means that you put a positive and negative current to it to see if it's working inside there. Please let me know about anything i should check over. Electrics on this "simple" car are not always so simple Thank you, -Nick __________________ the token youngin'