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Well, all is not completely lost yet. Are they all cracked and disintegrating? Best not to try to use those. If, by some miracle, they are NOT all cracked, they MIGHT still work. Next steps would be to remove and CAREFULLY disassemble the points, and clean the contacts to like new condition. I say, “CAREFULLY,” because there are a lot of tiny little parts. Make particular note of where the tiny insulating bushings and washers go. Do one set at a time and make a drawing and/or take pictures of them, as you take them apart. Once the points are clean, ( I use 320 Emery cloth, changed frequently as the points are a very hard material.) reassemble them as you found them. Then, set the point gap at the high point of the cam. Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the setting is .020″. Now, with nothing connected to the points yet, connect an ohm meter to a point terminal and to the base plate. Turn the engine slowly by hand. On your meter, you should see the reading change between OL and LESS than 0.5 ohm. Preferably, ZERO ohms. If this is not the case, go back to something you did wrong with cleaning, reassembling and installing the points.
The condensers will definitely be bad, unless somebody has changed them recently. I like to use whatever automotive condenser will fit in its place. I used to have a NAPA/Echlin number in my head, but not at the moment. When you have new condensers, hook them and the coils, to the points, install the flywheel, pull the engine over rapidly and check for spark. A Bendix mag is absolutely STELLAR if it will even jump a 1/4″ gap. 3/16″ is more realistic. An old spark plug can be made into a checker, by opening the gap on the plug way up. Godspeed.
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