Thanks, just watched that 2 times earlier. Probably listen a 3rd time and give it a go. The manual ive downloaded dont mention gaps? Are they the same as mentioned in the video for the 73?
I know rookie question do you remove the advance rod to clean and lubeYou really need to service your advance unit too, it's a mess, lol. Also, clean and lube the advance rod so it turns easily and smoothly in the cam.
Yes, you could bypass the kill switch. Find the two wires running into it and simply jumper them together. They would be two R/W, two brown, or one of each. But all your wiring looks quite crusty. There could be a bad connection issue anywhere in there, lol. You may need to go through it all. For now at least, you'll need to go through the ignition circuit. Follow the points wires. I see yours are running right on top of the motor. I'd re-route them to up above the top motor mount like so .....
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Each points wire connects into a double bullet along with a wire from one of the condensers. I don't see the condenser wires on yours. The wires (gray and orange) with the double bullets run to each coil. The gray should run to the right coil, the orange to the left one.
If i power the key on i get around 13.4 or so reading across coil.Tried this idk if i tested the primary on the coils on the right setting but i get a zero reading with that. 2 readings here though is what i get when i run a lead into both plug caps unhooked from the plug different meter settings.
If i do determine to have bad coils, switching to the single coil dual output would be the better option correct? If i did it correctly this time. It looks like i may be reading 5 ohms on both?I think the coil test you referred to in that gggGary post is for the later single coil with dual outputs. That's a whole different animal compared to your single coils and those tests won't apply.