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steve bughi

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I have a 8n ford on a compresser I am trying to get running. I have spark that seems weak is the problem in the coil? It has new plugs wires cap points and rotor. It does have a carb problem but it should at least fire. Thanks
 
Could be- is it a front mounted, or side mounted coil? If it is front mounted, you can get a new one for less than 30bucks. If it is side mounted, you can get one for less than 20, or take one off of something else that you know is good and try it again. Is there an in-line resistor? If so, bypass it and see if that works. Try closing up your plug gap. You might have a bad condenser as well.
 
Make sure that your point setting is correct. If it"s a side mount distributor I believe its 0.025" and if it"s a front mount it"s 0.015". Using a piece of kraft paper, slide it through the points to wipe off the film that might be on the points from their manuafcture. Also check the timing to make sure that is correct. Check all the wiring and connections in the primary ignition circuit.

With the points CLOSED you should see battery voltage at the ignition side of key switch and at the battery side of the coil. The distributor side of the coil should read near zero. Some of the 6V Fords have a resistor in the primary circuit to reduce the coil voltage down to about 3.5-4V so check to make sure to look for a resistor in the primary ignition circuit. You might wnt to ask this question in the Ford N form. There"s a lot of flathead Ford experienc there.
 
You say new wires. Are they solid copper core? Those old flatheads don't like to run with the newer fiber wires.
 
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