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[Cranky]

Points are nothing more than a switch....if they are not connected right like Don mentioned or have some kind of a coating on the contacts like Dan mentioned, they won't work. Points systems are pretty dang simple but also have come across bad condensers before too.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

SOLVED! Guess what? It was the points. I walked my father-in-law through the tests step by step & explained what each test meant.

When we finally determined that both the coil & coil/cap wire were good (using the posted vide - thank you), tested continuity on the "- coil" to points wire good, ground at distributor tested good & pointed out we'd already replaced the cap/rotor/condenser, he finally let me pull out the points.

To be fair, I missed this myself at least 2-3 times.....but the wire coming from the "-" of the coil to the points was attached TO THE WRONG SIDE of the insulating piece of plastic. This grounded the coil CONTINUOUSLY instead of on/off/on/off via the points. SUCCESS!

Now we just have to drain out & replace the year-old gasoline and re-set the timing.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN!

 

[Danomt]

Using my test this would have been solved within the first minute. Glad you finally got it