OK, I took Sal's advise and concentrated on the ignition, instead of my teapot carb. I pulled one of the plugs, no spark. Since I had extra parts, and not knowing if they were good or no good, I purchased a new 6 volt coil, and a new condenser. When tapping points, I get a spark. After installing these new parts, I tested again with a spark plug out, no spark. So here's my question. Could this be related to the ignition switch? If so, is there an easy test to confirm?
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petehoovie
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"When tapping points, I get a spark"? - Tell us about this procedure....
Did you ground the spark plug?
petehoovie
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Given that you're getting arching at the points means the ignition switch is 'on' and working properly. You've got to ground the spark plug as Kube mentioned above. ...
flatheadmurre
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Pull the wire going from coil to distributor out of the distributor...test for spark there.
If you have spark...check rotor/cap.
Not by chance your points are so wide set they don´t close ??
If you have spark...check rotor/cap.
Not by chance your points are so wide set they don´t close ??
alanwoodieman
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found a problem with a set of points that were not grounded, you could use a screwdriver to open the points and it would fire-turned out to be rust on bottom of points
OK, a couple of updates. First, the coil wires were wrong. Now have negative going to distributor. Second, I changed points and condenser and now car starts but runs rough. When looking at the top of the teapot carb, I noticed the gaskets between the top cover and body are noticeably wet. Which leads me to believe the float needs adjusting. Any input here would be appreciated.
