[FC] Coil install

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>Keep the troubleshooting as simple as you can.  You need spark and fuel ... 
>

... and the Suck, Squeeze, Bang, and Phooey of a mechanically operating 
4 cycle engine --  ie, the pistons and valves have to be going up and 
down and the cam going round and round  [cam gear failures will also 
result in a sudden shutdown and no spark].  It should "sound right" when 
you are cranking it over, a very easy check.

> - the engine just quit, as I recall, so you are correct to be following spark.
>

I have always felt this was a dangerous assumption -- ALWAYS check BOTH 
fuel (accelerator pump shot) and spark (BOTH into and out of 
distributor, ie coil wire first, and if it's good, then a plug wire or 
two, which you can do at the cap).

Good Luck with it all!

If there is no spark, and you still have points, I'd look at them first 
before checking the power to coil circuit, but that is just from a guy 
that grew up fixing points ignition.

Bill Strickland