Sorry - The first line of my e-mail was a bit confusing - delete the words "fired up" - I rephrased my sentence and did not delete those words. --- On Mon, 10/20/08, John <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: John <spiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Dual-Point Distributor not Distributing! To: "'Chrysler 300 Club Intl'" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 7:41 PM Thanks for all your suggestions regarding my no-fire 300-K with the factory dual-point distributor fired up! I finally got back to the K tonight, and had a few minutes of daylight to look under rthe hood. I was checking for continuity between components inside the distributor, since it was suggested that one or more wires under the cap might be broken. I propped open BOTH sets of points. Ignition off. No battery in the car. I checked to see that the Low-Tension coil wire coming in through the side of the distributor with a rubber grommet was connected to the first set of points, and that the wire between the points had continuity. That was all OK. I had constant continuity between the breaker plate and distributor body, even wiggling the breaker plate ground wire. Unfortunately, I had continuity from BOTH SIDES of both sets of points to ground - and this is with the points propped open, remember. I double-checked to see if there were any loose wires, a stray screw, anything askew. Nothing. I ran out of daylight, but couldn't check anything else any further - are there any other parts that could be out of whack causing a weak grounding of all components? The only thing I can think of is that the connection that contains the LT coil wire, condensor wire and wire that connects the points is somehow grounded. Remember that last tme that I was trying to start the K, when I cranked the engine with the starter and had the ignition on, I did get a weak yellow spark - enough to give me a mild jolt - but this was only at the primary set of points. The car would not start. I'm not the first to try to get this 300-K running since it left the road in the 70s - There are a couple receipts dated 1989 for points and a condensor. I think I'm going to dig out a single-point unit I have to see if it'll run on that. Your input is well-appreciated! John Spiers --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@pacbell. net> wrote: From: Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@pacbell. net> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Dual-Point Distributor not Distributing! To: spiers@rocketmail. com, "'Chrysler 300 Club Intl'" <chrysler300@ yahoogroups. com> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 7:50 PM John, Check the ground wire that grounds the movable plate that the points are mounted on. Mine broke and left me stranded on the way to a show about 10 years ago. The wire flexes a lot and is subject to wear. Bob J From: Chrysler300@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Chrysler300@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of John Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:31 PM To: Chrysler 300 Club Intl Subject: [Chrysler300] Dual-Point Distributor not Distributing! Hi all, I have a non-ram 300-K coupe with a stock dual-point distributor. The engine turns over fine with a freshly-charged battery, but I'm getting very little spark, not enough to run. With the cap off, I see a weak spark arcing between one set of points [the set closer to the driver's side of the car], and no spark at all from the other set. I checked both sets of points. They are nearly new, but I dressed up the faces of the points with a file anyway, and set the gaps. I replaced the coil with one known to work. I replaced the condensor with one known to work. I even ran a wire with spring clamps on each end - one end to the + battery terminal and the other to the + terminal on the coil. I achieved no change at all from any of the above. Can anyone show me where I've gone wrong? 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