Ye ole d4 no spark

Coil should read about 6300 ohms to be good. Condenser 0.24 micro farads.

Hi,
maybe try disconnecting the Mag Switch ground wire and see if the switch/wire is faulty.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

Coil should read about 6300 ohms to be good. Condenser 0.24 micro farads.

not sure how to measure for farads..... is there a chance the magneto is not magnetized,,, I see a lot of videos on YT that show folks magnetizing their magnetos... ouch.... how bout using a auto coil and condenser powered by a twelve volt cordless drill battery and using the stock pts and the rest of the distributor sending a coil wire through the bottom of the mag and attacing to the copper contact inside....
thanks for all the help,,,, I've worked on lots of equip but never antique stuff... Doug

You can take a condenser, put it across the posts on a battery for a few seconds to charge, then fold the wire back onto the can(body) to jump a stored spark. Works best in the shade or a dim room! File the points and spin the mag while holding your finger against the center contact, If you get a shock you know its good! :eek2: I usually get some smart aleck know it all to help with this test! :dance:

now that is funny..... by good do you mean the mag as a whole or the coil.... I'm going to test the coil now and the condenser also if they are good the only thing left if the coil ...... so here we go.... thank you.... Doug

Coil should read about 6300 ohms to be good. Condenser 0.24 micro farads.

One more thing,,, when checking a coil are we testing between the wire and the small tab that acts as a contact from coil to cap? and the wires are all connected to the condenser incl from pts , from coil and from kill switch... correct me if I'm wrong ,, thank you,,,, Doug

Lift the two leads coming off the coil and get a reading. One is the ground to case the other is hot. The leads need to be lifted/disconnected to get a good reading.