Electronic Distributor??

[mike71]

I need help. For some reason I keep burning points or something else is going on. Should I switch to electronic distributor and if so is there a particular one??? I have a 1971 pick up 521 all original. Any help would be great. 
 

 

thank you, Mike 

[Crashtd420]

11 hours ago, mike71 said:

I need help. For some reason I keep burning points or something else is going on. Should I switch to electronic distributor and if so is there a particular one??? I have a 1971 pick up 521 all original. Any help would be great. 
 

 

thank you, Mike 

My first thought reading this is, do you still have the ballist resistor in place?

Edited November 4, 2024 by Crashtd420

[mike71]

2 hours ago, Crashtd420 said:

My first thought reading this is, do you still have the ballist resistor in place?

Yes I do. It’s 65,000 original miles. Runs amazing. All the sudden doesn’t want to turn over. I’ve replaced everything worked fine then happens again. The plugs aren’t getting spark now. 

[datzenmike]

Well, first  thing is the points only last about 5-6,000 miles before they need to be filed clean and gaped properly and on average they last about 11,000 miles before replacing them. So... does that sound right?

 

Mounted on the outside of the distributor, sometimes inside with the points, is a capacitor or condenser. It has a single wire going inside the distributor to the points. It's job is to prevent arcing when the points break contact. If not there the points will only last a few hundred miles.

[mike71]

1 hour ago, datzenmike said:

Well, first  thing is the points only last about 5-6,000 miles before they need to be filed clean and gaped properly and on average they last about 11,000 miles before replacing them. So... does that sound right?

 

Mounted on the outside of the distributor, sometimes inside with the points, is a capacitor or condenser. It has a single wire going inside the distributor to the points. It's job is to prevent arcing when the points break contact. If not there the points will only last a few hundred miles.

 

1 hour ago, datzenmike said:

Well, first  thing is the points only last about 5-6,000 miles before they need to be filed clean and gaped properly and on average they last about 11,000 miles before replacing them. So... does that sound right?

 

Mounted on the outside of the distributor, sometimes inside with the points, is a capacitor or condenser. It has a single wire going inside the distributor to the points. It's job is to prevent arcing when the points break contact. If not there the points will only last a few hundred miles.

Ok I’m going to check if that’s even there. I know everything checks out going into distributor. I have power going in and points are hitting, but when I check the plugs have zero spark. Thank you 

[datzenmike]

WTF????????

 

You said points were burning up. Now you changed it to no spark????????

 

16 hours ago, mike71 said:

I need help. For some reason I keep burning points or something else is going on. Should I switch to electronic distributor and if so is there a particular one??? I have a 1971 pick up 521 all original. Any help would be great. 
 

 

thank you, Mike 

 

 

Well which is it going to be?

[mainer311]

There’s no Pertronix unit that is a direct fit into a dual-points dizzy, but it could probably be made to fit (and the “retarded” set of points disabled and removed). If you can find an early single-points dizzy, then a Pertronix unit is a direct drop-in.

 

Else, you can find an EI dizzy and do it right with a lower impedance coil and no ballast. This is the best case scenario.

[banzai510(hainz)]

USE a stock point coil and the ballsat resistor. If you put a newer type coil(low ohm) it will still burn up the points

 

reseat your points or try another if not spark. ground it well

 

this is a simple fix

 

 

I check for spark from the center coil wire coming out of the distributor cap to ground then turning the key, If you got spark there then maybe you got plug wires wrong if they was swapped

 

 

Edited November 7, 2024 by banzai510(hainz)

[banzai510(hainz)]

On 11/3/2024 at 9:48 PM, mike71 said:

For some reason I keep burning points or something else is going on.

This only happens  ig you swapped soemthing bad in there like the coil.  CONDENSOR GOOD?

Edited November 7, 2024 by banzai510(hainz)