[Spridgets] Ignition help needed - I have no spark

[K. Valentine]

Brent,

With the dizzy cap off, crank the engine to see if you have spark at  
the points.  If there is spark at the points then you probably have a  
bad rotor.

I've had several bad rotors right out of the box recently.

Kevin



On Sep 25, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Brent Wolf wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Ignition system just died. No spark.  Checked the points, fine.   
> Ran the
> tests from the haynes manual, here is what I get. Points open, SW  
> (+) side
> of coil reads 12.67,  CB (-) side of coil reads 12.67, Voltages at the
> points reads 12.67.
>
> Points closed, SW (+) side reads. 12.67, CB (-) side reads 1.2 mv.
>
> Connect timing light, crank engine - no spark anywhere.
>
> Give me a hint please.
>
> TIA
>
> Brent
> 1971, 1098, 5 spd.
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