Recent content by mb_camper

Problem solved! Weak ignition condenser. Thanks to all of you who are :Dwilling to share your knowledge, I am glad I found this forum!

Exactly, now you see my dilemma. The only thing that changed in the distributer was a slight adjustment to line up the rotor to number one (less than 1/4 inch rotation) and only after I confirmed I was getting both fuel and spark. I am getting a nice blue spark at the points and a good spark at...

I did do that when I first got the car to get it running initially. Remember the car was running quite well with only a slight flutter on my vacuum gage tapped into the intake just 2 days ago. Then I jumped the - on the coil to the - battery post. It died and that’s the last time it ran.

I lined up the timing mark on the crank to the indicator on the block.

i did confirm that this coil used an internal resistor before i jumped the under dash resistor.

this is what i am going by, this drawing matches my dsto because it is viewed from the drivers side across the engine.

Ok, update time. I picked up another coil on the way home just in case, I checked resistance on the old coil on the primary side I had 1.6 ohms and 9k ohms on the secondary. the new coil measured 1.3 ohm primary and 9k ohms secondary which made me think both coils are fine. i did opt to...

Are you saying that the resistor under the dash shouldn't be used with a can style coil? I plan on getting some resistance readings of my components today if all goes well.

It is a generic can style coil

There are no markings on the coil other than 6 volt. That is about all the info I have. I will start taking the reading you suggested but I suspect I will have to change the coil first. I appreciate the info you provided in you first post and would like have done that first but I work 3 jobs and...

Okay so time for an update. So I started the car and warmed it up, then I jumped negative side of the coil to the negative battery post (remember positive-ground 6 volt set up) and the car died and would not restart. It wasn’t completely without fire because it did stumble once or twice but did...

Great info guys, that gives me a direction to go in. I will be sure and post results so the next guy that needs this post see the results as well!

Thanks for all of the advice so far, but I am still hoping to hear someone weigh in on what the proper voltage for a circa 1950 flatty should be at the coil. I am still concerned that the reduced voltage for the 46 chassis is causing a problem for the more recent motor.

Radio interference reception, that makes sense considering where it is. it is not the crab style disto it is the modern stile just in front of no 1 plug. thanks for the warm welcome!

Do you know what its function might be?