Dan in Ohio
Well-known Member
- Location
- Mid-Ohio
This a response to an old post from Feb. 22. After following pmarkel's post on his hard starting A I decided to go back to my hard starting B one more time. Sometimes You just have to walk away and move on to something else so I did just that. Right beside the B is my 49 A that had been sitting and not started for 12 years. I decided to get it running and not spend any money doing that. After three days, mostly spent dealing with a rusty gas tank, I got it running and it starts right off like it should.
Now for the B which I have spent money and invested lots of time on with still a hard starting situation. I had one more idea to try since I had read a post on how to check to see if a coil was good ( can not remember who posted that). This coil is new and just one of the new parts I put on the B last fall. Long story short I pulled it off and could not get the reading I wanted to see ( ohm reading of .003). Tried the crusty old one that I had removed and it tested fine . Quickly attached it temporarily and gave it a try. To my surprise it started right up and ran great.
New coil found to be bad.
Old crusty coil that works fine.
Think it was James Howell that posted the coil test . Anyway live and learn, all is right with the world, for now. Thanks to all who contribute on this forum.
Now for the B which I have spent money and invested lots of time on with still a hard starting situation. I had one more idea to try since I had read a post on how to check to see if a coil was good ( can not remember who posted that). This coil is new and just one of the new parts I put on the B last fall. Long story short I pulled it off and could not get the reading I wanted to see ( ohm reading of .003). Tried the crusty old one that I had removed and it tested fine . Quickly attached it temporarily and gave it a try. To my surprise it started right up and ran great.
New coil found to be bad.
Old crusty coil that works fine.
Think it was James Howell that posted the coil test . Anyway live and learn, all is right with the world, for now. Thanks to all who contribute on this forum.