Reply To: 49 or 50 Sea King 94GG9014A – Points Gap, Ignition?

[frankr]

It is a 1949.  Looks pretty good.  Throttle (advance plate) position makes no difference when setting points.  In fact, put that timing question out of your mind.  As for your specific questions, primary resistance should be around an Ohm.  Secondary should be a few k-Ohms.    Now for the scary part: (Not really).  Most of those systems will be just fine with a thorough cleaning of the points.  By that, I mean remove them from the motor and take them apart, degrease everything, and polish each contact individually.  Do one set at a time so you have a sample of how they go back together, and don’t lose any of the small insulator pieces.  Reassemble and set the gaps at 0.020″ at their widest opening.  I’ll bet you will have spark.

BTW, I suspect somebody has already been messing around in there.  Get back with us if the points theory doesn’t work out.