Off on a tangent here....I was having another look at this hot start issue and put my plug tester on and saw that there is no spark when cranking (at least with the engine warm). I have already tested to see that there is power to the ballast in start and run positions. Dumping a little fuel in the carb doesn't help. I was looking into other posts about hard starting when hot / starts when key is released type issues and read where somebody said that the coil will fire one time when you let go of the key. It made me wonder if that is what was starting the engine at least when hot....perhaps the pickup was weak. I pulled my new Mopar distributor today and see the pickup gap is about 0.025". I checked this before but I think the magnetism fooled me into thinking the gap was ok. I can see the large gap now the distributor out. I'll adjust, reassemble and test later today if the Ativan from the dentist trip lets me.
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