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Originally Posted by ironman
First off, it is normal to see some sparking across the points.
Second off, the condenser is basically a capacitor wired across the positive and negative side of the points.
In this case the condenser's (i.e. capacitor) job is to maintain a constant voltage across the points which reduces voltage spikes, thus minimizes sparking, resulting in less burning of points contacts and extending it's life.
Granted, it could be bad and cause what you are seeing.
Thirdly, I've personally never heard of observation of the points spark brightness being used as an engine diagnostic procedure, but live and learn.
All that being said, since you are happy with everything that you inspected and tested ignition wise, I'd go back and look at a governor/carb/fuel starvation possibility.
Just my  |
Thanks for the reply. As to the three points you made...
1. Agreed
2. Agreed
3. Agreed, I never use the points spark brightness as a diagnostic tool either, it just happens to be what I observed. I was scratching my head when I saw that.
I'll be checking for fuel starvation and governor today. I have a different carb on the way.
Two cents appreciated!