Re: new (to me) motor!

[opposedtwin]

20mercman and jerry: thanks for thinking of the parts I may need. I’d be interested to hear and see what you’ve got. my email is sabraaten@hotmail.com

archangel: the batman "tool" is really nothing more than a good luck charm. it was a toy I played with when I was a kid. my dad had it on a nail in his "shop" and he thought I should have it back. I have not seen the cape since I was in the single digits back in the 60s. my plan was to actually BECOME batman and fight crime as a vigilante. I still think we need a batman out there.

as for the lack of spark in the upper, here’s where I’m at. the coil tested bad when mounted to the stator plate. took it out to swap it out and it separated from the plug wire really easily–strange. tested the coil on the bench and it’s good–these are the green type so they are not original. the end of the plug wire looked a bit corroded so I trimmed it back about 3/8 of an inch. still no continuity between the coil end and the plug end. it looks clean but wires are hard (if not impossible) to gauge with the human eye–thus the multimeter! so I’m thinking a bad connection may exist between the boot spring and the plug wire itself. as many of you have probably experienced, the boot is not easy to separate from the wire. I would be interested in any tips you may have to help me out here–hair dryer to make the rubber more pliable? I have to say that with all the coils I’ve changed, I have never had a bad plug wire until now.

thanks for any and all suggestions!
scott