Re: [FWDLK] Doesn't run, not the fuel pump

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The quick and dirty method for checking points is to jab a screwdriver in
and out between the open points, with the key on, and the end of the coil
wire held near ground. If you get a bright blue spark then you change the
points, if the spark is weak and reddish colored you change the
coil.
Mike

At 09:18 PM 7/3/2003 -0400, Nick Sperduto wrote:
> Well, my 56 savoy does
> not run. It's not the fuel pump.
> What I thought was an empty gas filter was a completely full
> one.
> I even tried some starting fluid. No good.
>  
> So I pulled the distributor cap.
> Intermittent spark at the points.
> So my guess is now that's the points or the coil is
> shot.
> I don't know how to test the coil other than the test light
> lights at the post and the arm on the points.
>  
> I can't see the points to well to tell if they are
> burnt.
> I do have an extra set of those, but I don't have a coil
> handy.
>  
> I'll try swapping the points tomorrow. I'm working outside
> and thought it not a good idea to try and change points in the dark
> driveway.
>  
> Unless someone has a better idea.
>  
> NIck