[Fot] Mallory condenser problems

[Robert Lang]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Scott Janzen wrote:

> I just fitted a Mallory to my GT6 and have been having intermittent ignition 
> problems, mostly a misfire at high speed.  What are the symptoms you are 
> experiencing with condenser failure?  Several people have mentioned Robert's 
> last comment - including Century, a big Mallory seller - which is that the 
> condenser should be sanded to remove a coating on it which apparently 
> inhibits grounding.

The condensor failing will show in one of two ways - intermittent poor 
spark where the car will misfire once or twice under load but the 
"recover" and total failure. With total failure you get a very weak spark 
(yellow with a test plug) and in my case the car won't even start 
(although it might "cough" when trying to start it.

If you replace the condensor with a known good one, the car will start up 
and the misfire is GONE.

regards,
rml
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