help....thought I had all the knowledge to figure out engine starting problems with these old trucks, but this one I cannot overcome. Specimen has a 1954 235 engine, and I've had this truck and worked on it as well as driven it a little for 20 years very much original, only converted to 12 volt about 15 years ago. Truck is not a daily driver. Sat up for a week or two while I installed turn signals and then 2 days of heavy fog rolled in, now I cannot get her started. Seems electrical, chased voltage and fire from ignition switch through resistor, down through coil, and into points, where I get a spark when I turn on the switch and hit with a screwdriver. Engine turning over but will not hit...new battery, which I'm slowly wearing down trying to start....Points and condenser and rotor all less than 3 yrs/ about 500 miles maybe. Points gap shows about 0.017" when open. So, my question is if the points show fire, does that mean they are transferring fire through the plug wires? I live alone and have no one to watch a plug wire or plug for me. Maybe there is a way to do this from under the hood with a big screwdriver.....Carb, fuel pump, fuel system good on this old truck, I spray in starting fluid and still nothing...definitely thinking a fire problem...also, coil is new and tested good for Ohms....any ideas? maybe just replace the points which I might have burned up while fooling around with the turn signals. If I burned them up, would I still see that spark when the key is on and I stick a screwdriver in there and poke at it???
JDJ/Charlotte
