Reply To: '65 BigTwin 40hp 1/2 spark

[rapier]

In my desperation I started looking at the points again, sprayed with brake cleaner, blew them through with the airline and dragged a card through, when closed. As a result, I now have a spark.

Can only think that with the constant swapping over and checks that I contaminated them with greasy fingers, or the feeler guage, more likely the former, when I pulled them off the original (floppy) mag plate and re-installed them on the spare yesterday.

Am feeling relieved, but very apologetic at my insistance that they were ‘clean’. Am also very thankful to all the Gentlemen who replied and helped work it through, esp. fleetwin!

The original root cause was probably the mag plate with it’s extended lateral movement, but was not a solution I’d thought of.

Thanks again..