Fritz Maurer
Well-known Member
'71 350 CI Chevy. Had a dead miss when cold,that went away when hot. Plugs were filthy so I put in a new set of R44s.
It ran much better then and I wish I had stopped there. Since the points were from the previous century,I thought it be nice to do a full tune-up. All the rest of the parts fit ok, but the points are giving me trouble. The original points and condenser were separate pieces, and the new ones are the points/condenser unit assembly. The guy at the auto parts store assured me they would interchange. Is he correct? With the new points, I can only get 44* of dwell because the tension spring on the adjustment screw is stacked up solid, and the dead cylinder is back. As removed from the distributor, the old points have plenty of adjustment in either direction. What gives? Should I go order the same points that came out of it? Thanks, Fritz
It ran much better then and I wish I had stopped there. Since the points were from the previous century,I thought it be nice to do a full tune-up. All the rest of the parts fit ok, but the points are giving me trouble. The original points and condenser were separate pieces, and the new ones are the points/condenser unit assembly. The guy at the auto parts store assured me they would interchange. Is he correct? With the new points, I can only get 44* of dwell because the tension spring on the adjustment screw is stacked up solid, and the dead cylinder is back. As removed from the distributor, the old points have plenty of adjustment in either direction. What gives? Should I go order the same points that came out of it? Thanks, Fritz