I'd check that the spring steel band that holds the cam follower and the
moving half of the points is correctly isolated from the vertical post by
the little nylon bushings. If the moving point grounds to the post, the
points won't work.
Glen
> Howdy all
>
> On my bugeye I was having some missing problems, so I decided to clean the
> points, which I did just fine, and I set the gap and reinstalled them, car
> ran a little different but not much (maybe imagination) I ordered new
points
> and put them in today. The car would not start at all. I checked the
> condenser wire like the other fellow was just having troubles with, and it
> was fine. So I decided to put the old points back in,,,walla car runs,,,
so
> I figure something I did with the new points is different, so I put them
> back in,,,car don't run,, I repeated this 4 times, (Im Stubborn lol) and
> every time the car will run with the old ones, and not with the new ones.
> Other than the obvious TO LEAVE OLD POINTS IN LOL what could the problem
be?
>
> I think with the amount of times it is clear that I am gapping them
correct,
> and making sure wires aren't grounded etc. and the test has the same
results
> each time old works, new doesn't?
>
> Any thoughts?
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