I have no spark I changed coil and

Tiny
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I have no spark I changed coil and. Points. I got told if I put an earth on it I'll have spark please help
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 AT 2:54 PM

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Tiny
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There shold be a ground(earth ) wire leading from dist housing to point breaker plate inside dist. Also dwell shold be around 34 degrees if you have a a 4cyl and guage available. The ground wire can be bare wire or braided they are small to fit. Your points must be set correctly and make sure to lube the little cam that the points ride on. Also replace condser in dist. If stillno fire then check coil for resistance. If you have fire coming from coil wire to dist then the problem lies in the dist cap like dist cap or rotor cap. We don't have that model in u.S so can't give you real specs.
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 AT 4:33 PM

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