I have worked my wood lot since the late 1980's with this 39 Formal H. It's a work horse and I rely on it. I have just enough mechanical skills to keep it running.
Every 12 to 14 months my H stops running. I have gotten used to replacing the points, condenser, rotor, etc. and the coil. Then it runs again until it stops again. Before I do this this year I dug into the problem to find out why.
With the ignition switch on I can get spark on the distributor side of the coil. I can get my test light to flash when I open and close the points by hand, at the coil and at the side of the distributor. The light is sensitive enough to begin to glow just as the points begin to open and shines brightly when the points are completely open.
However, when I turn the engine over to open and close the points the test lamp does not flash.
I believe this has something to do with my problem.
Any ideas/comments will be appreciated.
Thanks, WRG
Every 12 to 14 months my H stops running. I have gotten used to replacing the points, condenser, rotor, etc. and the coil. Then it runs again until it stops again. Before I do this this year I dug into the problem to find out why.
With the ignition switch on I can get spark on the distributor side of the coil. I can get my test light to flash when I open and close the points by hand, at the coil and at the side of the distributor. The light is sensitive enough to begin to glow just as the points begin to open and shines brightly when the points are completely open.
However, when I turn the engine over to open and close the points the test lamp does not flash.
I believe this has something to do with my problem.
Any ideas/comments will be appreciated.
Thanks, WRG