Re: 38 Elto Pal Spark

[jerry-ahrens]

Yes I would think that your condenser should give a spark. If the condenser has the wrong capacitance rating for your particular application, it may burn up the points prematurely. You mentioned that you have a healthy gap when the points are open? They should be set at .020 when fully open. Any wider gap than this will cause weak spark or none at all. I’m sure you are aware of this already, but I didn’t see you mention your point gap setting.
If you don’t have a spark tester, grab an old spark plug and bend open the gap, or break off the little arm on the end of the plug and ground it to the motor block. This makes a good ”make shift” spark tester. As I said, the ignitions on those little motors are extremely dependable. You could have a faulty coil etc, but I doubt it.