I was happily driving my 2200SC yesterday, when the engine suddenly stopped. Ended-up having it recovered home.
Having looked at it now, it seems I have no spark (first check at the roadside was for fuel delivery, and that all seemed fine). There was no missfiring or anything, and no other problems previously - usually starts with a couple of engine turns.
I put an inline timing light on cylinder 1, and that showed no light on spinning over (I believe the timing light to work, but I could check again with an induction type timing light).
The coil has 1.6ohms on the LT side and 7730ohms on the HT side (I can't find specs, Haynes manual seems to be saying 3.5ohms on LT side), which seems to be in the ballpark for general expectations.
Power to positive side of coil is 12v, power out of negative side of coil is 1.25v. Checked continuity of negative coil wire to distributor, is ok, and 1.25v at that end too. Don't seem to be able to get a spark across points.
So, I am thinking it must be the points or the condenser - but never come across an example of either failing suddenly like that, usually you are getting some ongoing running problems first.
Having looked at it now, it seems I have no spark (first check at the roadside was for fuel delivery, and that all seemed fine). There was no missfiring or anything, and no other problems previously - usually starts with a couple of engine turns.
I put an inline timing light on cylinder 1, and that showed no light on spinning over (I believe the timing light to work, but I could check again with an induction type timing light).
The coil has 1.6ohms on the LT side and 7730ohms on the HT side (I can't find specs, Haynes manual seems to be saying 3.5ohms on LT side), which seems to be in the ballpark for general expectations.
Power to positive side of coil is 12v, power out of negative side of coil is 1.25v. Checked continuity of negative coil wire to distributor, is ok, and 1.25v at that end too. Don't seem to be able to get a spark across points.
So, I am thinking it must be the points or the condenser - but never come across an example of either failing suddenly like that, usually you are getting some ongoing running problems first.