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Originally Posted by Lo-Key
I'm going to test the spark again tonight. I had the part store order a new condenser from the wear house. They said I can pick it up in the morning anytime after 7:30am. There is a cylinder type deal connected to the ignition coil, I'll get a picture of it, with it connected the car now back fires every now and then but wont start. It back fired out of the exhaust twice and once out of the carb.
I have a few different ballast resistors That I've tried and I know the others are good hat I have and it hasn't worked
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you can get a tablet shaped largish 0.47U capacitor from radio shack to replace the condenser to test the low voltage system.
the cylinder type deal you mention on the coil maybe the resistor, most MB resistors I have seen are a ceramic piece like the one used in later models fan wirings.
If you are getting backfires then either your ignition sequence or timing is wrong (I had that once in a Honda, the distributor cap fit perfectly but was of some really odd ball model whose firing poles were offset - this caused the ignition timing to be completely out of sync)