<VV> No Spark

[Smitty]

From: djtcz at comcast.net
 

Subject: <VV> No spark original message 

1967 Monza coupe, pg, 95 h.p. I took this car out on a drive this week and
it started missing, sputtering. I pulled into a station and filled her up
with gas. The car ran better so I just thought I had some poor gas. Later
drove it some more and started the missing, bucking at highway speed, and
some times quitting for a moment. Today I cranked her up and it ran poorly
in the garage. Then it wouldn&#39;t start. There is fuel going to the carbs
as I cracked the lines at the carbs and cranked it. I have a weak voltage on
the positive side of the coil. Points, condenser, rotor, and cap are new. I
put my timing light on it and didn&#39;t have any spark. Tried a new coil on
it, too. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ernie in Louisville, ky. 

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the list of suspects is long. 
So far neither fuel nor ignition have provided the slightest alibi. 

most can be positively identified by thoughtful but simple testing, and
corrected far quicker than the
blast-the-symptoms-with-a-shotgun-stuffed-with-cash approach employed by
many enthusiasts and some pRofESSiOnALZ. 
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Smitty says;  I smile.  I agree with you completely on the proper way to
troubleshoot.  I can promise If you had been in on this marathon working on
the Bad Corvair, I would have been kicking back in a lawn chair, watching
you doing your thoughtful but simple testing and laughing my a** off at your
efforts.  Sometimes there are so many misleading factors it blows your mind.