Recent content by 01aford

Looking for a 1940 deluxe hood ornament either repop or one that can be rechromed. Thanks. PM me with photos and price.

Update. I sent my coil, condenser and distributor to skip. He had it back to me within one week. I finally got around to installing it today and it fired up like the day it rolled off the show room floor. Thanks Skip

I got skip to test the coil, condenser and distributor. They all check out. I’ve gotten ******* with some other issues and I have yet to get back to it.

It appears that you and I are in the same boat. I’m following this tread as well as the one I have going.

Just coving all my bases before I pull the distributor.

With the wire attached to the solenoid, it kicked over, started then died. No spark at plugs again.

Ok. Going to give it a go right now. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks again.

This side? I just don’t want to make a mistake here so I’m double checking.

Thanks for the reply. A wire from the + side or - side of the battery? It’s a positive ground system.

I have several plugs removed and using the solenoid button to test. No snapping hot spark at the plugs but when I was grounding the plug I got zapped pretty hard. Some current is going to the plugs. My finger,hand and arm are still numb.

I was able to get back to it today. The battery maintained a consistent voltage of 6.3 volts while being cranked. All grounds rechecked. Which improved the sluggish starter situation. I placed a bridge wire on the resister under the dash. Still no spark at the plugs and a very weak spark at the...

Ok. I thought that the 30 second test wasn’t enough. I’ll test it out tomorrow. Thanks for the info. I went to my old Napa store today. They replaced the old tester with a hand held too.

I took the battery to advance and battery plus for a load test. Both said the battery was fine and fully charged. When I put it back in the car the starter winds down like the battery is dead. Any ideas. All the wires are new and correct. I’ve checked the contacts. Could the starter be the...

Another point is that it’s an older optima red top battery. Any thoughts if this could be the issue?

On the charger im putting out 6.8 volts at the battery terminals. But that’s an excellent point because it goes down very fast.