1969 85hp Johnson with bad amp?

[meddo]

I am working on a '69 85hp Johnson that is not getting any spark. When I initially started testing the engine I would hold the plugs close to the block and not get spark. Oddly though the engine started right up after re-inserting the plugs. Since that day the engine will not start. I followed the instructions in a diferent post about wiring a battery straight to the purple wire and grounding out the black and white wire to test the amp. I got a good spark from this test but all the others seem to fail. I tried the light bulb test I read about here and tested for the 250 volts when cranking the engine. Doe this mean the amp is bad? <br /><br />Thanks

 

[meddo]

Re: 1969 85hp Johnson with bad amp?

If I get spark out of the wire that comes out of the coil when hooking a battery to the amp and grounding the black and white wire. Doesn't that indicate that the amp is good and something must be amiss before the amp? Like the points?

 

[meddo]

Re: 1969 85hp Johnson with bad amp?

It didn't seem like the points were opening at all. I set them to .010 and it started right up. Looks like I am talking to myself a bit here. But so far so good!