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Working on the SC today and was only getting fire no.4 plug.
New plugs wire points condenser and cap. Play around with it and it fired right up and then died and would not start.Not getting no fire any help would be appreciated thanks for any help.
 
CORNMEAL,Try taking a piece of brown paper bag or folded dollar bill open the points and slip the folded paper between the contacts and polish them removing oil residue and cleaning them.
 
that does work , Today I ran some more antifreeze into my 54 SC ft Clutcher,,, After startup it began misfiring somewhat ,, clips were loose on the distributor , one missing ????, Cap was bouncing along on top and it continued to run.. truly Blessed . LOL .. I bet you wish yours would do that ... if good fire present on all 4 ,, you could have cracked manifolds sharing gasses ??/ , Keep us informed , its fixable ..
 
Tried cleaning the points this evening and no luck for some reason only getting fire on No.4 spark plug any more suggestion thanks.
 
What do you have at the coil wire? If you have all 4 at the coil wire the problem must be after that. Only leaves the cap, rotor, or wires. Start changing things around till the problem moves.
 
Is the mag grounding out?? Or could it possibly be in the switch? My 45 sc just has a ground on the mag to shut it off, but my 50 sc has a switch on the dash. Is it possible the switch is corroded? I had to change the switch on mine one time. If it didn't start I would pull it out, and push it in a few times till it made contact, then it would run. just a thought....
 
Found my problem to night top of coil corroded up cleaned out with sand paper put coil wire on fired right up thanks to all Happy holidays.
 
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