follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start

Posted by George in MIchigan [174.124.192.238] on Saturday, October 08, 2011 at 06:52:35 :

As mentioned earlier, I replaced the fuel filter and confirmed gas flow.

Now I have started looking at the electrical side. The points looked good, no peak and valley, but I put a piece of 200 wet/dry sand paper between them and cleaned them up. This made no difference, it kicks once and that is it.

I will get a new condensor and install that but the engine on this truck is way harder to work on compared to my 48 Plymouth. I had never had a condensor fail until my 50 Ferguson stopped running. I replaced the condensor on that and it started immediately...in this case, I had read on a Ferguson forum that recent condensors from China failed early....turned out to be true.

I do have a spare 251, but it is 6 volt version. Are the condensors the same? I haven't tried getting the parts I need (cap, rotor, coil, points) but thought they may not be readily available. I guess Vintage should have it all.

Follow Ups:

• Re: follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start - Tim Holloway 21:40:59 10/11/2011
• Good idea on checking the condenser - Clint Dixon 22:27:46 10/08/2011
• I had that same problem once - clueless 19:48:48 10/08/2011
  • Re: I had that same problem once - Glen Id 21:11:12 10/08/2011
• Re: try bypassing the ign switch - Mikey Stone 13:55:26 10/08/2011
• Re: follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start - Brian A 12:54:25 10/08/2011
• more on the non-start problem - George in MIchigan 10:38:54 10/08/2011
  • Re: more on the non-start problem - Glen Id 21:15:54 10/08/2011
  • Re: more on the non-start problem - D Sherman 14:00:46 10/08/2011
• Re: follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start - Vaughn 09:54:44 10/08/2011
• Re: follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start - JohnD 07:24:37 10/08/2011
  • Re: follow up on 65 ffpw that won't start - Mark n N.C. 07:38:50 10/08/2011

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