No spark 283

[Dana B.]

Crusin' down the road and the '57 start cuttin out. Back in the garage found the dist cap is cracked . Replaced the cap ,rotor, points and cond. now No spark! Replace the coil. no spark. Replace ballaster. No spark. Replace ignition switch ,still now spark . Any ideas ?

[Douglas L.]

Re: No spark 283

Dana,

Check the ground wire that goes from the points mounting plate to the distributor housing.

[Edward D.]

Re: No spark 283

You getting 12 volts from brown wire (ignition) to ballast resistor with key on? Check continuity of ground wire from dist to coil to ground with points closed (do this with key off). I'm assuming you set point gap to .017 when you replaced them as well.

[Joe L.]

Re: No spark 283

Crusin' down the road and the '57 start cuttin out. Back in the garage found the dist cap is cracked . Replaced the cap ,rotor, points and cond. now No spark! Replace the coil. no spark. Replace ballaster. No spark. Replace ignition switch ,still now spark . Any ideas ?

Dana------


You experienced a intermittent problem when you last drove the car. Subsequently, you found a cracked distributor cap which could well have been the source of the problem. After you replaced the cap and other related parts, you found you had no spark, at all. Clearly, something was done wrong when you replaced the parts or one of the parts is defective.

[Dana B.]

Re: No spark 283

Thanks for the ideas , I'll check these out and report back.

[E B.]

Re: No spark 283

Clean the new point contacts with lacquer thinner. Ed

[Wayne P.]

Re: No spark 283

Make sure the points are closing!

[Terry D.]

Re: No spark 283

A bad condenser can cause no spark, start putting back on old parts except for cap till you find the problem. You are making this way harder and more expensive then it should be!

[Terry D.]

Re: No spark 283

So what did you find was the problem?

[Dana B.]

Re: No spark 283

So what did you find was the problem?

New problem... I haven't been to the garage yet. June 6 went in for major dental surgery , and still on the mend . If all goes well, I'll be back in the garage in a couple of weeks. Thanks

[Dana B.]

Re: No spark 283

I recovered from the dental surgery. back in the garage today. Thanks for the all the advice. I installed the old points and condenser . Yes ,
I now
have spark !

[Mark E.]

Re: No spark 283

A reminder about problem solving to first ask: what changed?