Steam wrote:
What was the problem with the points?
I have had problems with new points lately.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1024441. Suddenly the car wouldn’t start and we discovered it had a really weak yellow spark.
The point gap was OK but while checking electrical connections the wire that goes to the points slipped out of the terminal, hence the poor connection and bad spark.
2. Bought a new set of points and condenser and installed them and it burst into life at the first press of the starter button.
Many, many months later and the performance started to drop off.
On inspection, the points cam follower had severely worn down and the points were hardly opening at all.
3. In the meantime I had bought another set of points and condenser from a different supplier and we installed them.
It wouldn’t start. No spark at all.
While removing these points the terminal that plugs onto the coil wire slipped off as it had not been crimped on properly.
I could have recrimped it but the spring on the points was very long and almost touched the inside of the distributor so I didn’t want to refit them.
We lubricated the cam and refitted the previous points (in 2 above) that had the worn cam follower with the correct gap and it burst into life as it should.
The car is still running fine and I have bought another set of points and condenser from the same supplier as the ones in 2 above.
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What I consider “good” points and condenser on the left.
Note that both sets have the same part numbers but are clearly from different suppliers.
Phil
