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9V battery worked perfect. The pertronix performed pretty well, and even cut off at the correct rev limit.

The battery hook up makes sense. I have a 9V handy that I set the rev limiter with before setting it up in the sun machine. ill give it a try first

Yes, when I first picked it up, I spun a mopar electronic and it worked fine. I suppose I could try it again. well, yes and no. When spinning a points distributor, it grounds through the housing with the negative lead attached to the mounting vise. When spinning an electronic distributor you...

No luck today, the pertronix would not signal on the sun machine. Id get a random flash now and again, but not enough to tell anything. Next week ill put it in the car and see if it runs.

I put in a marathon today on a couple RB distributors (one out of the Hemi Charger), and am currently just using the best parts out of several units I've collected. I have noticed the bushings in some weights and figured when all else fails ill see if I cant have some machined to fit. I did a...

yea, this really sucks trying to find weights and springs, After spinning a distributor, you can see what the wear on those parts does to timing up through the RPM's. Most of the delco style springs are to short for the prestolite distributor. im coming to realize your almost stuck with the...

I looked at the 500 series units 2100.00 to 2600.00

Im workin on it. After spinning on the sun machine I realized the distributor was only advancing a few degree's, and taking forever to do it. After pulling out the breaker plate, you could see one set of points had the mounting screw rubbing the bottom plate limiting advance. filing the length...

I picked up the 504, and yes, also picked up a pulse amplifier. Paramount makes a nice replacement amplifier that is less expensive and im sure works just fine, but I wanted the real thing. I was in Paramounts shop, and its like a Candy store for these machines. He is restoring several machines...

I see a couple people have versions of these. picked it up from Paramount here in Michigan. He has about a dozen or so of these to pick from. I played a bit with it today to get the hang of it, and already have a dual torn apart.

Picked this up today. Pretty cool 1969 vintage Sun 504 distributor machine. You really don't realize how bad you've dicked up your distributor until you've spun it on this thing.

Is this a radio noise suppressor? If so, what side of the coil does it go on, and is it correct for 71 model year 440

Good question, or better yet, what about the restoration ballast resistors? The factory service manual calls for a 0.5-0.6 ohm, and after looking around at the restoration resisters and the limited information I could find was 1.2ohm (mine tested .8-1.0 if I did it correctly). Is that correct...

I agree with trailbeast, points have there place. Electronic is the way to go if you want on average good reliable performance. I think a good set of points are a thing of the past, as the Chinese have gotten there hands on them to. If you want to go racing, a complete aftermarket system like...

I may be! I am in the process of getting a distributor ready for my 71 Charger R/T. The factory distributor is the aluminum housing single point, with the electronic retard vacuum advance unit. I went through and cleaned up, lubed the complete unit, installed a new NOS vacuum unit, and...

yea, the jegs description had me confused. guess I owe you 10 seconds.....

I think I found my problem. my 440 cap is a #8330 and this is a #8320. now can anyone tell me the difference? one is for points and the other is electronic?

I just opened a new $34.00 Accel cap and rotor from jegs, and am surprised to see its a tremendous hunk o ****. About six months ago I ordered one for my 440 charger and it seemed to be a fairly decent piece. This new cap has a vent attached and a low, (not as tall) coil post. I like these caps...

Well the snowball rolled off the mountain when I bought a 71 charger R/T. The car was a 4BBL that had been converted to a 6 Pack. The previous owner has done a decent job of using the correct parts for the conversion, so I have chosen to keep the 6 pack. The problems with the car that I feel the...

I had purchased a couple months back from Year One, an idle solenoid for my 340 swinger. The idle solenoid may have been for the big block AVS, I cant remember. I had contacted year one inquiring, and they may have found the part i was looking for, because I don't think its in the catalog. It...

Now I understand, when the throttle is closed, (grounded on the throttle linkage switch), it retards the timing at idle. the switch on the 6 pack (this is a 6 pack distributor) is the idle solenoid. Some solenoids have a connecter to activate the solenoid and another connecter on the plunger...

Can anyone explain the purpose and correct operation of this advance unit? 1971 Dodge 440 4bbl/six pack. It ties in with the carb idle solenoid I think, which makes me think it retards the timing when the key is shut off???

Number on the arm is 8

I would just as soon save the whole thing. Advanced distributors retrofitted a modern advance can to the original distributor, so the function is correct. it just doesn't look correct for an original distributor, and if one can be found or repaired for not crazy money, I would like to do it.

He says he can do some manufacturers units, mainly foreign stuff. He explained that the mopar style is very hard to get apart without damage. He has a die that he uses in a press to reassemble the unit once apart. He did say to stay away from some of the rebuilders out there due to poor...

The physical canister is the same, but the arm is different, allowing different advance depending on what engine it came from. I was told some canisters are even made for distributors that rotate the opposite direction

Does anyone know of a vacuum advance rebuilder? I've had an original prestolite distributor done by Advanced distributors and am needing to have the original canister opened and the rubber diaphragm replaced. I was told it is a very tricky repair and there may be someone in the south doing...

Good info here! I run TTI's on the Valiant with the B block and yes the straight boots hit the body on the cylinders noted. I run the MSD straight wires with some jegs plug heat boots. You can bend the straight boots a bit to minimize the body contact. Im guessing the best route would be to buy...

Looks like your all set! Hopefully your dash isn't cut up to bad. I think the metal dash looks very similar to the bezel. Mine is missing some of that original structure, but you cant see it when the bezel is installed.

I just kind of researched this myself for my 70, and I agree the service manual wasn't the best help. The best I could determine is that the car must have needed to be equipped with the interior acc. light option to get the buzzer. It appeared that I needed the complete harness that would have...