No Start

Hello. I have been working on my 1972 Commando Interstate for the last few years, it hasn't been running for more then 10 years when I started working on it. Last year I cleaned it up and got a few parts and had the engine running. At that point I decided to replace the electrical as some of the wires were broke and or in bad shape. I got a new main wire harness, coils, capacitor assimilator and put in a podtronics unit. (I have not changed the stator or rotor yet and my old one has the wires broken so it is not hooked up at the moment.) I got it all wired up and went to start it this weekend. Of corse my batterie went dead over the winter so I hooked the charger up and it would not hold a charge. All the lighting worked so I tried to turn the engine over with the charger still hooked up, seemed like I was not getting any spark, checked the spark plug wires and I was getting spark on the left but nothing on the right. switched the coil wires from the left to the right side and had spark on the right and nothing on the left. I then started to check all the wire connections and felt the coils were getting a little warm and that the resistor ballast was very hot to the touch. Do you think I have the harness connected wrong or could it be getting hot due to the charger connected and trying to kick the engine over? and why no spark on the right only? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

I got it sorted out. It was just a points problem, set the gaps and it fired right up. A few more parts to get it road worthy and off I go.

Alrighty another show stopper solved after offering it up to the Norton Borg mind field that gives ya a Eureka moment or forces shoe elves to do their mid night miracles for you. Do force your self to thick oil or grease the AAU too soon again even though it means doing contact breaker ritual again. I try to put out of mind there will be a next time.

Hi blip, welcome. Good you got it sorted. Use the search tool here, lot's of good info on battery type, electronic ignitions, etc., many choices available.

Ugh its rather better to use google search terms with accessnorton at one end as the forum only searches text not subject line - which may not show up in the text as everyone knows the subject being discussed.

Good. Hobot is right , after sitting unused for about 10 years the Auto Advance Unit located behind the points plate will need fresh grease to all moving parts particularly the bobweight pin tracks. Points plate back in , re-time and gapset.