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| Craigers17 |
 Aug 31 2023, 08:53 AM
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I have a 74 with 2056 dual 40's. I know the carbs are clean and linkage is on point. The car started running a little rough and backfiring and my thoughts were that the points were possibly not gapped correctly. My thoughts were points because last time my car started running poorly with almost the exact same issues, it was bad points.
When I pulled the distributor cap and rotor, I found a piece of pink felt like material in the bottom of the disty. I'm not an expert on points by any means, but I found this unusual. I thought this felt material might have at one time been attached to the points as part of the "brush"....but am kind of clueless. This is an 009 disty and wondered if anybody had seen this before? I guess my exact question is does anybody know what this pink felt material is? And, does the brush area on this distributor look correct? Also, does anybody have a part number/good vendor for replacement points for this disty? Even if I don't replace these now, i want to have a backup set. Any feedback is appreciated.    |
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| rfinegan |
Aug 31 2023, 11:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,027 Joined: 8-February 13 From: NC Member No.: 15,499 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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To rotate the engine, place trans in 5th gear and jack up one rear wheel/tire. Rotate Forward to turn the engine. It should be pretty EZ todo by hand
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| Craigers17 |
Aug 31 2023, 12:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 5-August 17 From: Rome, GA Member No.: 21,317 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(rfinegan @ Aug 31 2023, 11:17 AM)  To rotate the engine, place trans in 5th gear and jack up one rear wheel/tire. Rotate Forward to tun the engine. It should be pretty EZ todo by hand Thanks for the help! I love this place! |
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Craigers17 Couple of Novice Points Questions Aug 31 2023, 08:53 AM
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I have a 74 with 2056 dual 40's. I know the ... Aug 31 2023, 09:17 AM rfinegan Put the felt back in the v notch on the point..Rig... Aug 31 2023, 09:29 AM ndfrigi how about pertronix electronic points? I used it a... Aug 31 2023, 10:24 AM
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how about pertronix electronic points? I used it ... Aug 31 2023, 10:48 AM Craigers17 @shivers [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Aug 31 2023, 10:44 AM Shivers In 5th, it does not take much rotation of the whee... Aug 31 2023, 12:17 PM Craigers17
In 5th, it does not take much rotation of the whe... Aug 31 2023, 12:25 PM Shivers I was not looking to change my ignition, when I di... Aug 31 2023, 12:40 PM |
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