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Been researching for the last few hours. Can't really find any more info. Gonna try another coil in the morning... will check all my grounds again... I have a ground from front of intake to core support, front of block to battery, back of intake to firewall, and voltage regulator to back of...
Ran a jumper wire from battery to coil. Key on, coil read 12v~ on pos, 1v~ on neg. Cranked, kicked like it wanted to start very briefly a few times, but did not start.
Running points ignition right now. Looking at a new distributor and coil to try and solve my ignition woes.
Looking at this combo.
PerTronix Flame-Thrower Electronic Distributor Cast D7134600: Advance Auto Parts
PerTronix Flame Thrower III Canister Coil: 45k Secondary Voltage, .32 ohm, Oil...
About to just quit lol. Car is back to bad voltage at coil. Been through four coils. All pass ohm test. 12 and 6v at ballast as it should be. Reading 1v-3v on neg and 5v-6v on pos when cranking. Idk what could be causing voltage drop between ballast and coil. I have 4 grounds. Not a grounding...
I have a friend with a good carburetor that I can test with.
One question. I want to put a spacer in. I need to use this vacuum adapter for use with my 2186 intake. Do I still need this with a square bore spacer? If I do, would it be: gasket - adapter - gasket - spacer - gasket - carburetor...
I have some extra gaskets I can try.
Right now, my plan is to have for grounds:
One from passenger side of intake manifold to firewall; one from voltage regulator to block; one from battery to block; one from battery to core support; one from block (passenger side) to core support.
Just...
Was setting timing with vac advance disabled.
Did some reading on this "Ballast reads 12v - 6v as it should. Coil reads 2.6-3v rapid fluctuation on neg, 6-7.5v fluctuation on pos."... and it def seems like those are low voltage readings on the coil, lol. I feel like I have enough grounds. They...
Allright... Added a new gasket.
Somehow this is getting worse as the days go on. Added about 2 gallons of fuel to the car today. At least a few days ago, I was able to drive the car around the block with only some backfire from exhaust before the car would die in the driveway as I was working...
I will check for vacuum leaks again. Carburetor should be intake - gasket - adapter plate - carburetor, right?
It is a shelf-bought carburetor. Had it for around a year and a half.
I'll pull plugs, confirm firing order, etc. as well. Will report back.
361/727. Points ignition. Relatively new distributor, about 8~ months old. Plugs same age. Brand new Accel plug wires. New coil (reads good ohms). New voltage regulator (ran another ground wire from bottom bolt to block). Ground wire from block to firewall. Going to run a second ground from...