VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1929-1932 1930 Electrolock question

I am sorting through the ignition and timing on my newly acquired 1930 Coach. The car runs fine but when I was checking inside the distributor I found that the hot side of the points had a meter reading to ground when the points were open. I pulled the electrolock connection out and the 10-32 threaded stud had a connection to ground. Am I right in thinking that this should be insulated from ground?

The stud will be grounded if the points are closed even if it is insulated from the distributor body. It should not be grounded if the points are open or have an insulator between the contacts.

Thanks Chipper, I was pretty sure that's the way it should be. After further investigation I have discovered that the previous owner skipped school the day that they taught wiring.

Funny thing. I think lots of us have had cars previously owned by guys who must have also missed school that day.

We could each write a chapter or more, in what would really be an entertaining book.