The points could be (actually or effectively) permanently open or
permanently closed, the effect is the same, no HT. There are also several
other low-tension side causes of no HT. Voltage tests on the coil +ve and
coil -ve will tell you which.
PaulH.
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> It makes sense logically to me that if the circuit thought the points were
> continuously OPEN then the circuit goes dead and the coil should never get
a
> chance to charge up and dump 15k Volts down the pipe.
>
> So the problem seems to me to be that the circuit thinks the points are
> always open.
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