1940 1808 Super Eight

Posted by todd landis On 2023/3/12 17:36:22

I have had my 1808 up and running for over 40 years, at the moment stumped. Today cannot get it to feel like it is starting.There is fuel, I can see gas flow out of the two carburetor jets when I pump the linkage. Even tried a few squirts of starting fluid.
I think electrical. The points only have a couple hundred miles on them, but did the contact cleaner with card stock to make sure no carbon, there was a bit. Tried opening and closing the points a bit. Even tried another condenser. Working back pulled the cable from coil to distributor cap, ends full of carbon, cleaned them, went to check with an ohm meter and could get no continuity from each end. Does this cable have enough resistance so there would be on ohm reading on my meter? The electrical cables have not been touched in many years, only to clean or change spark plugs. Next step is to swap the coil? If the insulation on the cable that runs from the ignition key to the coil is broken down might that cause the car to crank but not start? 40 years ago at that time noticing the wire insulation was partially crumbling where it attaches to the coil. Thanks to everyone in advance.