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Hi Stan, since doing that I have spark now BUT it still won't run. Turns over great & will continue to turn over till the battery runs down. It has done this from the beginning of my ignition problem. Just wont run. I will take the carb apart "again" tho I don't think that is what it is. I am just a...

I am the one who has been having the "Ignition, NO spark issue" in a previous thread. I have a gas 1964 2010 with a prestolite distributor (part # IBT4101). The insulator (part #T 16587 T) must have been replaced at some point with something that looked similar to JB Weld that just disintegrated whe...

Yup, that is the part # s they sold me. The new rotor does not fit snuggly like the old one did and the old rotor fits snug to the new cap. ??? Wonder if the wrong rotor was put in the box. I did make "another" 2 hr round trip to town & bought a new rotor & cap at Car quest as NAPA did not have one ...

Reason for replacing old rotor & cap they were heavily marked. I have purchased a rotor from NAPA & one from Car Quest both are NOT tight fitting like the old rotor & have marked the new dist. cap. and I haven't even got the thing running yet, it only turns over. Anyone else had this problem with re...

OOPS .003-.005 my typo. Is that too much?

How much wobble is a distributor allowed to have? I have a slight wobble aprox. .030-.050

When I turn switch on I have power to positive side of coil & none to negative side with points open or closed same result.

I live "out" so a 2 hour round trip to NAPA... they tested the coil @ 10 volts, I got same with volt meter. They said it "should" still start BUT I bought a new one anyway and a timing light!. The coil says on it "external resistor needed". I can not find a resistor on the crawler???? Stan, ]Next st...

YOU need to see how yours is hooked-up you can NOT just change it back and forth ....FIRST do you still have a generator? or has it been upgraded to an alternator? IF you have an alternator you will have (ALMOST GUARANTEED) a negative system ........ IF you have NEG. ground then you hook power to t...

Will someone please explain in simple terms what is a "positive ground"

And how to properly hook up the coil, as I think the previous owner had it wired opposite as shown in the manual. It ran that way for the 8 months I have owned it. BUT now no spark.

OK I have cleaned points, checked open points with volt meter & get 12 volts with switch on. Still no spark. Stan, I read many of your post, you are so knowledgeable! I copy & print them & put them in my owners manual in the appropriate chapter. I also have jrichard, Tigerhaze, Lavoy & others in my ...

Hi Stan, "Also, you do have this hooked up positive ground, right? If it is negative ground there will be a weaker spark from the coil than with it positive ground." How do I get a positive ground? I have a wire from the switch to the positive side of the coil ,then the negative side of the coil goe...

jrichard, I will start by cleaning the points (with alcohol & qtip?) just to make sure there is no oil on them. halwelch, I did replace the wire, I will try to find that fuse & check it out. fundytides, I checked the rotor is turning new rotor left mark in new cap. I am at a loss as what else to try...

Is there a way to check the new condenser to see if it is defective?

When I try to start it the motor turns over and I have power going to the coil, but no spark beyond that. IF it was my switch would it be turning over & trying to start? Why don't I have spark past the coil?