[Public-List] Ignition??

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Jacques, 

You might check that current is flowing thru the points. One time years ago I installed a new set of points. This was a two part set and the mfg. packaged them with a plastic keeper to hold them together during shipment. I installed them with the plastic keeper in place, which effectively insulated the points from the distributor plate. Electric current could flow to the points but not thru the points. In hind sight this appears to be a really dumb mistake, which it was. Still the dumbness of the mistake did not make it any easier to diagnose the error. I persisted in my thinking that these were new points and they should work......................which in turn kept me from really looking more closely into how I had installed the points. 

Use a simple Ohm meter to check the circuit before and after the point contacts. Good Luck. 

Michael #133 



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From: "Jacques Dusseault" <dusseaultj at gmail.com> 
To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org 
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:27:16 AM 
Subject: [Public-List] Ignition?? 

Thank you George, Mike and John for your initial advice. I have tried to 
follow it. I also ordered a new coil, points, condenser and distributer cap 
from Moyers. The only thing we didn’t change where the points although we 
measured the gap and checked their condition. They looked and seemed to 
function perfectly when we rotated the engine. In removing the old coil I 
discovered that the wire into the coil was badly corroded. It fell apart 
when I removed it. I then ordered a complete set of wires from Moyers. I 
expected that this would quickly solve my problem. They finally arrived on 
Friday and Sunday, I and a friend of mine replaced the coil and the wire to 
the distributer. To our surprise the engine did not fire. We then tested all 
the current flows in all the wires??? There is electricity to the coil but 
we can’t get either the wire from the coil or the spark plugs to spark. We 
are missing something somewhere, but we can’t figure what it is. It seems 
that we might need a Devine Intervention or one of the Alberg members to 
help us figure it out?? I am also trying to get a mechanic with some 
experience out to take a look. The ignition system is so basic how can it 
not work??????? We were already late getting into the water this year and 
the way it is going we will be ready to sail by winter?? 

Thanks in advance for your help! 

Jacques Dusseault 
Dusseaultj at gmail.com 
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