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1954 Farmall C

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Stuart Hooser

08-01-2006 09:06:23




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We have a new coil, wires, switch, points, and condenser. Despite our best efforts, including wiring it direct, we CANNOT get a spark from the points to the plugs. We have had master mechanics look at it, and they are scratching their heads. What are we missing??? bad new consenser maybe?

Thanks for your help!!!




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El Toro

08-01-2006 15:41:34




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 Re: 1954 Farmall C in reply to Stuart Hooser, 08-01-2006 09:06:23  
Make sure you have battery voltage at the points.
Check the new points for any grounding against the distr. body. Some new condensers are defective. Hal



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old

08-01-2006 09:27:17




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 Re: 1954 Farmall C in reply to Stuart Hooser, 08-01-2006 09:06:23  
A number of thing that could be wrong. The part where the wire goes to the points on the side of the distubutor could be bad/shorts, seen that more then once and that will drive you crazy tring to find it. Or you may have bad bushings in the distubutor make it not open the points as it should and its sort of flopping around side to side just enough to keep you from haveing spark. Could even be the cap/rotor but not as likely. I remember a GMC truck we had that when ever it rained it would not run. My dad took it a number of places and no one could find the problem. Well one day it was acting up and I reached in and grabed the cap and found where then problem was. It about knocked me on my butt

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Peabody

08-01-2006 13:09:53




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 Re: 1954 Farmall C in reply to old, 08-01-2006 09:27:17  
Like Old said, check for continuity from condenser wire inside distributor to wire connector outside distributor. That one almost threw me over the edge one time.



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IH2444

08-01-2006 09:12:48




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 Re: 1954 Farmall C in reply to Stuart Hooser, 08-01-2006 09:06:23  
The lead from the coil to the points crimped and grounded somewhere ?
with the ign off use an ohmmeter and check from ground to the dist lead of the coil. Should be near zero ohms with the points closed and infinite or very very high with the points open.
And yes it could be a shorted condenser.



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