QuestionI have a 72 tr 6 that was sitting for 20+ years. Like the idiot I am I bought it and am trying to restore it. I've replaced all the electrical components, dist cap, points, wires, coil, etc, and can't get a spark to generate to the plugs.
I saw in another e mail that the points should have two insulators protecting the wires from the screw shaft. Is this true for a 72? Do I need to insulate the top and bottom of the pigtail and condenser wire?
I have three wires coming off the coil. One from the negative side goes directly to the distributor. The other two go into the wire harness. Where do they go from there?
I thing one from the positive side goes to the fuses. I can't find where the wire from the negative side goes? If these wires are reversed would they cause the distributor not to spark?
I've checked the wires with a circuit tester and can get current through all lines. I can get electricity from the coil to the points, that is where it seems to stop.
Any Ideas?
AnswerHi Bob,
It sounds like you are mixing up the wires on the coil. Power wires only go to the (+) side of the coil and normally there is only one white power wire on the (+) post of the coil. And the (-) side of the coil goes to the distributor (white w/black tracer wire).
In the dist. the points spring must contact the condenser wire and the pig tail to the coil wire but must NOT make contact with the pin that the spring and the wires are on. This is where the two hat shaped insulators are used. One goes on the pin first then the spring followed by the condenser wire and last the pig tail. Then the second hat shaped insulator is installed so that it fits into the two wire ends and into the end of the spring. Then a small washer (if supplied) and last the nut. The points must be set on a high point of the cam and adjusted to .015"
Then the timing must be set after the points are finished.
Howard
