Don't knock the 3Rs
I wired up a temporary fix till I get a replacement wire. I used 18 awg lead wire and soldered it to the remains of the lugs.
It fired right up. I backed it on to the sloped drive way. The decided to increase the initial since I was leaving the vac advance disconnected.
Got the advance set but the file speed was too high so I took some rpm out of it. Then it died.
After some cranking it restarted but was WAY down hill from there. To the point it would not fire.
I diagnosed it to a grounded point, it was open but grounded?
So having two I removed the offending point and safed the lead to it.
Adjusted the timing and I got it to start but it would not run. I had the old dist but had disassembled it for rebuild "someday" so I reassembled it and son I nailed the plastic keeper on the shaft putting the roll pin back in.
Crap. It's getting late and the storm clouds are looming. So I pulled the plug and called a tow truck to put the convert back in the garage.
Believe me if I could have punched it I would have.
The next day I had a lightbulb go off I had another dist.....
Set it in with the rotor pointing the same direction as the dual point, moved the wires over and put the remote starter switch on the relay.
Turned on the key and with timing light in hand hit the button, about 12 initial and fired right up.
This is temporary and I did not want to drill any new holes so out with the washer bottle and in with the Mopar orange box.
I don't notice any difference between it and points.
I was concerned about the additional load so I did a test. The orange box adds 200 ma (0.2A) to the system so I'm no longer worried.
Drove it to get gas and everything is was a ok.
Tomorrow I'm going an hour away to a car show
Fingers crossed!
I wired up a temporary fix till I get a replacement wire. I used 18 awg lead wire and soldered it to the remains of the lugs.
It fired right up. I backed it on to the sloped drive way. The decided to increase the initial since I was leaving the vac advance disconnected.
Got the advance set but the file speed was too high so I took some rpm out of it. Then it died.
After some cranking it restarted but was WAY down hill from there. To the point it would not fire.
I diagnosed it to a grounded point, it was open but grounded?
So having two I removed the offending point and safed the lead to it.
Adjusted the timing and I got it to start but it would not run. I had the old dist but had disassembled it for rebuild "someday" so I reassembled it and son I nailed the plastic keeper on the shaft putting the roll pin back in.
Crap. It's getting late and the storm clouds are looming. So I pulled the plug and called a tow truck to put the convert back in the garage.
Believe me if I could have punched it I would have.
The next day I had a lightbulb go off I had another dist.....
Set it in with the rotor pointing the same direction as the dual point, moved the wires over and put the remote starter switch on the relay.
Turned on the key and with timing light in hand hit the button, about 12 initial and fired right up.
This is temporary and I did not want to drill any new holes so out with the washer bottle and in with the Mopar orange box.
I don't notice any difference between it and points.
I was concerned about the additional load so I did a test. The orange box adds 200 ma (0.2A) to the system so I'm no longer worried.
Drove it to get gas and everything is was a ok.
Tomorrow I'm going an hour away to a car show
Fingers crossed!