For Those Who Have Purchased a "Non-Running" Mopar/Other

One more incident. The '72 318 Satellite Sebring Plus I found on Craigs list had the motor removed and sitting on the garage floor when I purchased the vehicle. A small tab was tack welded to the block from a machine shop indicating a previous rebuild at one time with standard pistons and undersize bearings. The seller said the slipping automatic transmission kept "burning up" the ignition points so he quit driving it, which made no sense to me.

I tore down the motor and replaced all the gaskets (except the rear main seal) and put it back together not touching the rings/bearings. When setting the new point set, I found I could not even get them to open. Something was wrong with the distributor, like the rubbing block was worn down or something.

Purchased another distributor at Pep Boys and put everything back together. Fired right up. Smokes a little when first started but made two 3,000 mile road trips already.