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carter
 Post subject: no spark
PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:19 pm 
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ok so i have spark at the points but isnt getting carried through to the plugs. why is this? it was going like condensor and that??? any ideas?

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points in the dizzy cap worn, corroded or covered in crap????

maybe coil if fubar, not giving enough power to spark down the leads.

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dizzy cap or rotor if no spark at plugs

is the little carbon plunger still in the cap
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no.... but it swas working without it...

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you need it to work, it connects the spark to the rotor

time for new cap and rotor

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