I have a 50 Chev Truck 3100, 216, 6 volt, all original (and it looks it). It has been running fine for the last 3 years. Suddenly, she died on me while driving. So, I did what every old truck owner does - changed the fuel pump, changed the fuel filter, checked out the fuel lines, drained the junk from the bottom of the tank, thinking it had to be fuel related. When I was all done with this work, I shot a little starting fluid in the carb, and she popped right off, ran for about 4 minutes, and died. Further review showed that I had no spark at the plugs, and no spark out of the coil. So, bought a new coil. Still no spark. I ran a wire from the battery + to the coil +, still no spark. The wires / leads to the dist (+ and -) check out fine. I'm stumped. The points are clean and gapped fine - not that it matters,,,,nothing is getting to them. There is a radio, but I've disconnected it for all of this troubleshooting (I also checked the ignition switch while I was under the dash - it checks out OK). Could be the condensor I guess - doubt if that's my problem because there's no juice getting that far for now, but, can I check that with a meter? I'm really thinking that the new coil must be bad, but when I bench test it (yes, out of the vehicle) the ohms readings are right on. Any ideas from anyone with more expertise than me are greatly appreciated !!
