Re: 38 Elto Pal Spark

[Anonymous]

Thanks Tubs. You have been quite helpful and it is greatly appreciated. I know I must be doing something wrong. I have checked out the connections with an ohm meter and bury the needle with the points closed and nothing when they are open … just like one would expect. I have cleaned the points and checked out the coil and all the wireing everything seems good.

This brings me to another possibility. A few weeks back you suggested I replace the condenser and gave me some specific replacement recommendations. I bought a Radio Shack 0.1uF capacitor, but did not use it. Instead I bought a NAPA AL869 which was the same thing the motor had before replacement and installed that. Unfortunately NAPA does not have any ratings for their capacitors … hard to believe but true. The 0.1uF capacitor is in the range of those for this motor. Is it possible or likely that the NAPA AL869 is so far out of range that it is causing my problem? The motor had that same AL869 when I bought it about 9 years ago … and it was not running at that time. I am not that savy on electrical circuits. If this seems to be a possibility I will switch out the AL869 for the one you recommended.

May thanks for your help.