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RE: No Spark Spit

To: "'Chip19474@aol.com'" <Chip19474@aol.com>, KHOCO@aol.com, spitfires@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: No Spark Spit
From: "Padgett, John (Wes) W." <wpadgett@utmb.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:35:19 -0500
I may have miss some of this thread.  But have you looked at the fuse box?
I chase a problem for awhile and it turned out to be a blown fuse.

Wes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chip19474@aol.com [mailto:Chip19474@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11:28 AM
> To: KHOCO@aol.com; spitfires@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: No Spark Spit
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 99-08-07 23:26:01 EDT, KHOCO@aol.com writes:
> 
> <<             Installed new coil, new points, and new 
> condenser. still nada. 
>  Wires to coil hooked up correctly. Voltage to coil ok. 
> Voltage from coil ok. 
>  wire from coil to distrib ok. Tried different plug wires 
> from coil to 
> ground, 
>  No good. Tried piece of wire from coil to ground, no luck. 
> Don't know 
> correct 
>  gap for Spit. I set them at .014.
>              Is it possible that the new coil is bad? Or the 
> condenser? Is 
>  there any thing else Iv'e missed. Maybe utter some 
> Incantations to the gods 
>  of Lucas, Sacrafice a spark plug or somthing? >>
> 
> Ken,
> 
> It looks like you've gotten good advice by now from the 
> "List" so I'll try 
> not to be redundent....I've experienced "no spark anywhere" 
> problems lurking 
> in a few spots which I don't think were mentioned.
> 
> One common mistake I've seen is setting point gap 
> "off-lobe"...it's not easy 
> to do but I've seen it happen!  Make sure the rubbing block 
> of the point set 
> is riding on the lobe (high point) of the dist cam - the 
> correct gap range 
> for the Spit points is .014" to .016".  Don't assume that 
> that new condensor 
> is good...I had a "new" one go bad in less than 3 
> days....they're cheap and 
> easy to replace.
> 
> You didn't mention that you replaced the dist cap.  I have 
> also experienced a 
> problem called "carbon tracking" in my dist cap.  If the dist 
> cap develops 
> even very fine cracks from heat, fatigue, etc. between 
> electrodes,  carbon 
> from the natural arcing of high voltage will buildup in the crack and 
> eventually present an electrical path between the electrodes. 
>  The engine 
> will usually run; however, because the other electrodes won't 
> be affected but 
> to be safe - replace the cap!
> 
> Good luck,
> 
>  Chip Krout
> '76 TR6 CF57822U (Being Reborn For Y2K)
> '70 Spit Mk3  FDU78512L (Decent Driver)
> 

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