69 340 timing chain questions - help!!
Nope.
After I hung up with you guys earlier this am, I took the car out again, and it was bucking/stumbling again. I said screw dis shtuff.
Bill (b67cuda) had sold me a MP electronic dist kit, still in the box with the wiring harness, ballast resistor, and the orange ECU. I installed it as soon as the car cooled off. I set the initial to 5ยบ per the instructions, and it is not good, but perfect! I guess something inside the reman points dist I bought in August is screwed up. Maybe the advance weights are sticking open or something, because without any changes, the car ran like a top this am, then the next minute it was back to it's old tricks. With the new dist it runs awesome.
I mounted the kit so it couldn't be seen from the casual observer. You guys know how I hate to put mods on this car! LOL The ECU is mounted to the steel next to/behind the drivers side fresh air box. The ballast resistor is in the stock location, but I used another blue wire from another harness so the colors are the same as original. Only diff there is there is one more wire at the BR.
I wrapped the 2 dist wires in electrical tape to hide them from view, and put the connector plug in the wiring clips on the firewall so it is difficult to see.
I think it came out pretty good. I slapped it together in like 2 hours.
I still need to mount the ballast resistor and reinstall the fresh air box, but otherwise it is complete. THANK YOU ALL for all the help. I knew it wasn't something I did wrong. Damn points dist is only 4 months old, and that is how long I have been chasing this problem. I restored the whole rest of the car in 10 months! LMAO
Here are some pix........
George
Nope.
After I hung up with you guys earlier this am, I took the car out again, and it was bucking/stumbling again. I said screw dis shtuff.
Bill (b67cuda) had sold me a MP electronic dist kit, still in the box with the wiring harness, ballast resistor, and the orange ECU. I installed it as soon as the car cooled off. I set the initial to 5ยบ per the instructions, and it is not good, but perfect! I guess something inside the reman points dist I bought in August is screwed up. Maybe the advance weights are sticking open or something, because without any changes, the car ran like a top this am, then the next minute it was back to it's old tricks. With the new dist it runs awesome.
I mounted the kit so it couldn't be seen from the casual observer. You guys know how I hate to put mods on this car! LOL The ECU is mounted to the steel next to/behind the drivers side fresh air box. The ballast resistor is in the stock location, but I used another blue wire from another harness so the colors are the same as original. Only diff there is there is one more wire at the BR.
I wrapped the 2 dist wires in electrical tape to hide them from view, and put the connector plug in the wiring clips on the firewall so it is difficult to see.
I think it came out pretty good. I slapped it together in like 2 hours.
I still need to mount the ballast resistor and reinstall the fresh air box, but otherwise it is complete. THANK YOU ALL for all the help. I knew it wasn't something I did wrong. Damn points dist is only 4 months old, and that is how long I have been chasing this problem. I restored the whole rest of the car in 10 months! LMAO
Here are some pix........
George