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Offline axehole54

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« on: June 01, 2010, 09:55:48 AM »
I recently installed a set of points and condensers they worked well for about two days with .16 gap and now the 3-4 set is arcing all over the place going right past the contact to the spring/plate:-( any thoughts? Bad condenser?  The point surfaces look good and flat? Maybe cross cut the faces? Super stressed about this backfire's are funny once or twice  but it can't be good for the valves
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Re: Points
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2010, 10:01:53 AM »
Replacing the condenser couldn't hurt.
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Re: Points
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2010, 10:10:03 AM »
Well they're supposed to be new lol wonder if i can use a condenser off of my old chev truck to test
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Re: Points
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 10:37:23 AM »
Just because it is new doesn't mean it works.
Bought a new coil that didn't work when I hooked it up.
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Re: Points
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 10:43:35 AM »
Well i'll give it a try thanks :)
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Re: Points
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 01:21:34 PM »
New points are often coated to prevent corrosion while on the shelf.  Clean the point faces with a white, non-glossy business card soaked with brake cleaner.  If that doesn't solve it, swap the condensers.  If the arcing follows the condensers, then you have a bad one.
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Re: Points
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 01:28:28 PM »
Check if you have installed correctly. Is everything that should be isolated truely isolated? Fiber rings etc are tiny and a mistake is easily overlooked. Maybe something grounds that should't ground. Maybe something came loose.
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