thegreyghost
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B RON CO":2rqaqmus said:Hi, the videos of RPM worked here.
Work on the points and take a video of the meter, set on dwell, and raise the RPMS so you can see what the dwell meter does.
Hopefully the dwell will hold steady.
Old distributors have oil cups for lubrication, I wonder if your Mallory does.
Good luck
O.K. so here's where I'm at.
Checked the points this morning and found them both to be set at about 0.015" - remember my dwell was at 34@850 and 27@600. Increased them both to 0.028"
Also noticed the condenser is cracked and probably no good at this point.
Here's my new numbers and videos:
Gap - 0.028
Idle - 800/805
Dwell - 27
Vac - 11"
Timing - 14 BTDC
videos of idle setting and dwell, dwell change with throttle, and one just of the engine running.
https://vimeo.com/306566190
https://vimeo.com/306567570
https://vimeo.com/306566072
Not sure where to go from here - I didn't notice any play in the shaft or movement of the plate. The connection from the coil was a little loose, but not bad. If I didn't mention if before, this dizzy was brand new when it was install on this engine. This car has never been driven since it was rebuilt. I wish I knew more about the rebuild, but details are hard to get.
Thanks for all the support!