Hey all, hope someone can shed some light.
The de soto has become an absolute pig to start, I'm talking 2 or 3 fully charged battery's of turning over before it starts/ if it starts.
Yesterday did some interstation and parts swapping and it's still the same.
what's happening is when I put my timing light on a plug lead and turn it over it only sparks now and again, not a constant strobe.
When I put the timing light on the king lead from the coil I get an irregular flash, no pattern to the flash and big 'holes' in the flashes. (now, I'm not sure what the flashes from the coil should look like, but I don't think it's that)
I've tried replacing the coil, condensers (there are 2 condensers fitted, one in the dizzy and one attached to the negative side of the coil) and it's exactly the same, also had the dizzy off and all looks ok in there.
So I'm stumped.
The last time I used the car was Easter and it took over an hour to get it started! But strangely it seems to start ok 'ish if the engine is warm/has been running within the last few hours
Easter was a local car show, the car was parked at the show in the drizzle for about 4 hours and it started ok, seems only when the car is stone cold that I have a problem.
HELP!
and thankyou 
The de soto has become an absolute pig to start, I'm talking 2 or 3 fully charged battery's of turning over before it starts/ if it starts.
Yesterday did some interstation and parts swapping and it's still the same.
what's happening is when I put my timing light on a plug lead and turn it over it only sparks now and again, not a constant strobe.
When I put the timing light on the king lead from the coil I get an irregular flash, no pattern to the flash and big 'holes' in the flashes. (now, I'm not sure what the flashes from the coil should look like, but I don't think it's that)
I've tried replacing the coil, condensers (there are 2 condensers fitted, one in the dizzy and one attached to the negative side of the coil) and it's exactly the same, also had the dizzy off and all looks ok in there.
So I'm stumped.
The last time I used the car was Easter and it took over an hour to get it started! But strangely it seems to start ok 'ish if the engine is warm/has been running within the last few hours
Easter was a local car show, the car was parked at the show in the drizzle for about 4 hours and it started ok, seems only when the car is stone cold that I have a problem. HELP!
and thankyou 
