Re: 1951 Starting Problem

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2009/1/25 23:40:36

Try connecting a wire to the coil's + side (ground) and tapping (grounding) it on the engine. When you do this the coil should fire. You will need to hold the coil wire 1/4" from the engine for this, or stick a spark plug on it and ground the plug to the engine.

This test will tell you if it's the coil or distributor.

The points are nothing but a switch, they cause the coil to fire when they open.