If it feels any better you are certainly not the first to do that.
John and Muddy
Rick Grant wrote:
>
> Well, I really did want to get the Lucas Sports coil on after hearing about
> its benefits and because I was convinced that the existing coil had failed.
>
> But turns out that I have the screw in type of leads and the Sports needs
> push in.
>
> I had been convinced that the coil was at fault because when the engine
> failed last night I spent ten minutes replacing the condenser, points and
> rotor and still got no ignition.
>
> So this morning, back in with the old coil after scraping the lead and coil
> contacts nice and shiny (they were badly oxidized), and another look at the
> Green and Haynes manuals for ideas, whereupon I discovered that I had
> improperly secured the condenser and LT wires to the contact breaker
> terminal. Having put that right I was able to start instantly.
> Rick Grant
>
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