Today we have a set of ignition points in our shop. He’s agreed to let us ask him a few questions. Mr. Ignition Points, can you tell us what your job is? What do you do in our car? “I tell the coil when to fire a spark.” Is that a hard job? “It can…
Of all the systems that enable your British automobile to keep rattling down the road, fewer are more trouble prone than your ignition system. The main culprits are usually the contact breaker points and condenser. The usual scenarios are: 1: the points (after too many miles since the last replacement) finally wear out the rubbing…
In the last issue, we discussed the basics of ignition timing. Since quite a few readers commented on this article. I would like to address some of their comments here, for all to share. I make no apology for trying to make this Under the Bonnet column as simple and as basic as possible. It…
