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Originally Posted by mchlmacdonald
Didn't even get to set the dwell. Set point gap to .016" and the car wont start at all now. It's trying to throw spark to the plugs even with the distributor cap off? I have no idea...
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OK, just need to take a calm approach. If you set the point gap to .016" at the high point on the dist. lobe, you are close enough to run. Sparks jumping all over the place with the cap off could happen. That's actually good news. That means you have primary and secondary ignition. You have to remember once the points are working properly and the coil, the spark leaves the coil and travels back to the dist. cap center terminal. Then to the rotor and out to the proper plug wire. With the cap off, cranking, it's possible to have sparks jumping all over the place in the cap, especially if the cap, rotor button, and plug wires are marginal. Make sure the rotor button is good and the contact has not gotten damaged or broken off somehow. Make sure the cap isn't damaged. If you have sparks jumping around in the cap, the no start issue has to be the cap, rotor, wires or plugs. Those are the only parts involved. You will get it.