installing Petronix question

Don't be afraid to pull that puppy out of there and do it properly the second time.

 

Ok so now I know the timing is off I’ll get that right , install the pertronix hopefully in the right spot this time . Then check the timing again ?

 

Turn your crank to 15* BTDC. Set your distributor to the mark on the rim (#1). The vacuum tube at 7:30pm dump some fuel and try. If no cough or anything try 180* out. You need to find HOME with the Pertronics on the baseplate for sure. I've had BAD luck with Pertonix only recently!

 

Pour two tablespoons of gas down the carb.

 

so I timed the car to 4 tdc from 0 so it was out quite a bit . installed the pertronix again and the same thing happened , backfire !
then I tried using the original ignition wire in the car and it fired right up . had been using a wire going from the accessory
in the fuse box to the coil that someone advised me to . had to check the timing again which was out quite a bit again and drive a couple of times for it to settle down .
car starts good , idles better and is a smooth ride .
cheers everyone for the help

 

Guessing spoke too soon . Drove it home from work and everything was fine . Left it outside for a couple hours then go to put it in the garage . It idled rough in park and in drive with foot on the brake . I’m getting fed up now, it has to be something I’ve done .
Any ideas guys ?

 

Try points.

 

That’s what I had in before . At this stage I wanna put them back in

 

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It was working fine yesterday when I installed it and today at work . Two hours after getting home and starting it up though it ran rough and I didn’t do a thing . A guy advised me to run a wire from the accessory, only worked when I used the one in the harness .
So I just put the points back in and timed it and it’s still running really rough . Somethings happened and I don’t know what . I’m no expert mechanic but I will try my best to fix things .

 

Assuming you have properly timed it...I would get a can of starting fluid and see if you can identify a vacuum leak. Or your distributor assembly is BEAT, and in California you would be labeled a Gross Polluter.

 

I’m probably thinking it’s toast to seeing as I put the points back in and it’s still the same . Would a complete HEI distributor be the way to go if that’s the case ?

 

I used a new coil with the pertronix and the original coil for the points so I don’t think it’s that Bill . Yes the guy said something about a ballast so to use the wire

 

No I didn’t

 

I did look all over the engine to look for obvious things like plug wire off , vacuum lines , lose wire etc. don’t have a vacuum gauge

 

How much play do you have in the distributor shaft?