So the carbs are almost rebuilt and working (I hope) so I went ahead and tried to see if I would get spark before I tried it with gasoline.
I put in a new spark plug into one of the wires, left the plug touching the block or the neg batt. terminal later. Checked to make sure all the rest of the electronics worked (lights, horn) and cranked the engine over both with the electric and kick start. Now, I see the points moving, but I do not get spark from either of the coils. When I touch a screwdriver to one of the points, it arcs across the screw driver. But I do not get spark from the plug.
Can somebody please explain how I would test the coils and the points? The repair manual says to just replace if in doubt. I am a child of the distributor age and am pretty lost here.
I put in a new spark plug into one of the wires, left the plug touching the block or the neg batt. terminal later. Checked to make sure all the rest of the electronics worked (lights, horn) and cranked the engine over both with the electric and kick start. Now, I see the points moving, but I do not get spark from either of the coils. When I touch a screwdriver to one of the points, it arcs across the screw driver. But I do not get spark from the plug.
Can somebody please explain how I would test the coils and the points? The repair manual says to just replace if in doubt. I am a child of the distributor age and am pretty lost here.