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Jedi Knight
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I've been enjoying my 56 TR3 this summer and it has been running quite well, other than an occasional hesitation. Last week I took it to my weekly golf game and when leaving the golf course it took 4-5 seconds to start, which is very unusual. It normally starts right away. Thought I best check that out. Couple of days passed and I decided to start it up and investigate. Would not start, no attempt to fire at all. Today I started trying to sort out what was wrong. Far as I can tell, I'm not getting any spark. The spade terminal on the nylon slide in connector on side of distributor was loose (turned easily from side to side), so I thought that might be source of poor contact. Had a new one in my parts stash so swapped that out. No improvement. Next changed points and condenser and re-set gap. Still no spark. Getting 12V at both sides of coil (small connectors) and 12V at wire going to points. Coil is measuring 3 ohms across small terminals (primary circuit) and 8900 ohms (secondary circuit) between centre and both small terminals. Don't have another coil handy to try swapping out coil. Am I missing something? What else should I measure/try to identify the fault? Has me stumped. Cheers, Mike