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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    I poured some sea foam in the tank and will see if running that through to see if it clears up.
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Ok quick question. When shifting from 1st to 2nd there is no issue, but going from 2 to 3rd it bogs the engine down pretty hard. Any...
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    Txsrooster reacted to Joe Bertram's post in the thread M56B1 questions with Like Like.
    Mad dash to get it ready for Findlay show, it's made it into the paint booth tent and it officially in primer as of about 22:45 this evening
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    I'll bring it into work and have the electricians megger it...thanks for the tip.
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Well I won't pretend to understand it, but I installed the new coil (which tested the exact same with a multimeter as the old coil) and...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    The new coil came in and I checked the resistance from pos to neg and it is also 12ohms, so makes me think that the old coil isn't bad...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    I ran the starter and had a small wire from the coil to the ground. It made for a small spark... nothing to write home about, but it's...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    I used my multimeter and tested resistance from the positive to the center point on the coil and got "OL"...same for the center to the...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Well I got a chance to swing by to measure..I hope this doesn't mean my coil is bad... edit to remove duplicate photo
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    That's is another great question..
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Luckily I have a spare distributer that came with the truck if it turns out that its bad.
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    Txsrooster reacted to G744's post in the thread New2Me 1961 M37 with Like Like.
    Pull the dist cap, and crank while using a short piece of wire from ground to close to the HV coil output to see if you're getting...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Well...I ain't got no spark. New coil so Don't think that's it. I tried updating to the electronic system instead of the just...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    I found the parasitic draw. Previous owner installed a ignition kill switch, that when turned on supplies power to the ignition system...
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    Txsrooster replied to the thread New2Me 1961 M37.
    Got the brakes properly bled, went to start it up, and it will turn over but will not start. I pulled one of the sparkplugs and it is...
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