no spark
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If a points type system:
bad condenser; points pitted/bad/ set wrong; distributor cap defective/not machined properly; main distributor wire from coil bad or not installed completely; rotor defective or contact tab not making good contact; distributor not grounded (either by ground wire inside to the housing or by the distributor lockdown piece not being able to pass electrical ground from dist housing to engine block)
bad condenser; points pitted/bad/ set wrong; distributor cap defective/not machined properly; main distributor wire from coil bad or not installed completely; rotor defective or contact tab not making good contact; distributor not grounded (either by ground wire inside to the housing or by the distributor lockdown piece not being able to pass electrical ground from dist housing to engine block)
Last edited by 7T1vette; Jul 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM.
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If a points type system:
bad condenser; points pitted/bad/ set wrong; distributor cap defective/not machined properly; main distributor wire from coil bad or not installed completely; rotor defective or contact tab not making good contact; distributor not grounded (either by ground wire inside to the housing or by the distributor lockdown piece not being able to pass electrical ground from dist housing to engine block)
bad condenser; points pitted/bad/ set wrong; distributor cap defective/not machined properly; main distributor wire from coil bad or not installed completely; rotor defective or contact tab not making good contact; distributor not grounded (either by ground wire inside to the housing or by the distributor lockdown piece not being able to pass electrical ground from dist housing to engine block)
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Wires
If you have the original wire harness from a 1970 point system you have two wires in one clip attached to the + coil post. Why would the wires have suddenly changed are you leaving some part of this problem out of your post?
Last edited by MelWff; Jul 11, 2017 at 03:16 PM.
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Spark at the coil and not at the plugs really narrows the playing field. Problem is either the rotor or the cap, or both. No question about that. IF it was anything else, there would NOT be spark at the coil.