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Roger: The situation is as I understand it spark
at the coil wire and no spark at the plug. That leaves the rotor and the coil
as the two only suspects. I have seen rotors with carbon tracks to
ground and caps the same way. Try a rotor first as your most likely suspect. Ernie and The Black Bitc_. -----Original Message----- My 55 Imperial has lost its
"spark". The car has run from November 2003 when I got to about a
month ago. I checked the spark by removing the #1 plug and with the wire
attached put the plug base to the intake manifold and had someone turn over the
engine. No spark was seen at the plug. I checked the coil by putting a plug
with a 0.175" gap between the coil output and the manifold and got a solid
blue spark. I changed the points and condenser and checked that the primary
wire was not grounded when both points were open. Another note is that I have the
center portion of the dash off to repair the radio and polish the knobs of the
controls. I don't know if something in the ignition requires all of the dash
controls and radio to be connected. I need some suggestions for further
trouble shooting. Roger D. Casagrande |
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