Matter of personal experience, however, I prefer the spark gap version because it lets me see the physical spark condition, which can gives valuable information.
ie: Is the spark a thick fat blue spark? Healthy Is the spark thin and yellow, ie weak looking.. Not healthy.. likely points are corroded, to close, or dwell is not set correctly. etc etc etc.... From the era before OBD II and computer controls with electric fuel injectors... and when you had to be a "real mechanic".... ;))) On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I actually prefer the spark tester that has a light in it. The jump spark > ones are occasionally fiddly although they can be easier to see. > > -Curt > > > From: G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Land Yacht problem > > Classic symptoms of condenser breaking down.... and that car is from the > era when cars had points and condenser... . > > Replace both. > > Old rule used to be, "If you think it's the carb, check the electrical, If > you think it's the electrical, check the carb". > > Check:: Listen to how the motor dies. Is it a sputter, like it's running > out of fuel? Or, does it lose power quickly then stop running? > > Fuel check:: Pull the air cleaner top cover so you can view the carb. Look > into the carb throat and pump the accelerator lever. If the carb has fuel > in it, it will squirt raw fuel out of the main accelerator pump jets. You > don't have a fuel delivery problem. Go to electrical. > > Electrical check:: Pull plug wire coming out of coil, insert a spark gap > tool [looks like a plug wire with a clear plastic tube in it and has two > ice pick like tips inside that for the spark to jump across]... should find > one at FLAPS for cheap. If you don't see a spark jumping... check point > gap & condition, replace condenser. > Check for spark again by cranking... no spark means the coil has failed. > Replace it. > > Good luck. > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I'm thinking coil or ignition system or whatever it has. Gets hot and > > dies. I had one of those S10 pickups that did that regularly, a new > > ignition coil or whatever it was would cure it for awhile but it was the > > location, kinda baked it. > > > > Or crap in the fuel tank/system from not being driven much, > > water/condensate, crud, whatever. > > > > --FT > > > > > > On 7/11/17 4:02 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> Weak coil? Weak fuel pump? > >> > >> Check the points and inside of the distributor cap? > >> > > > > -- > > --FT > > Winston Churchill: > > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, > > large or petty, > > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of > > the enemy.” > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
