Why I'm not a mechanic

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » April 17, 2011, 8:12 am

Fired up Eunice and washed her for the 1st time, was running a little rough but she hasn't ran all Winter. After she was running a little while started running better. Shut it off looking around, under the hood, I take off the distrib. cap looking for any corrosion from sitting, looked at the points, put everything back together, won't run at all. I had extra cap, rotor, still nothing. Not getting any fire at the plugs. I don't know what I did. I'll change the points later. Any ideas? I can fabricate anything, when it comes to mechanics, I don't get it.
Charlie

cooter · Post by **cooter** » April 17, 2011, 8:17 am

did you put the coil wire on? What did you do to the points?

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » April 17, 2011, 8:28 am

I just looked at the points, to see how they looked, checked all the obvious connections, unless the coil wire is broke on the inside, I have a old set of wires I could see. Also I guess I should say it's a stock 223, Thanks

rcb1020 · Post by **rcb1020** » April 17, 2011, 9:18 am

Do yourself a favor and get rid of the points.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pertroni ... ccessories

cooter · Post by **cooter** » April 17, 2011, 9:20 am

first thing to do is take the coil wire off the coil, then have someone crank engine and see if you get sparking in the coil. If there is spark then the points and coil are ruled out, if no spark then points, coil or wiring are possibilities

cooter · Post by **cooter** » April 17, 2011, 9:36 am

Pertronix is the best thing that came to the auto industry in many years, i have used many of their parts with no problems

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » April 17, 2011, 1:13 pm

Thanks for your reply's . Is it easy to do?

cooter · Post by **cooter** » April 17, 2011, 2:53 pm

way to easy, you must also use their coil. Did you get your truck running yet?

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » April 17, 2011, 3:53 pm

Yes, twas the points. They look fine, but running anyway
Thanks for your help. Was checking out the petronix, does it come with the coil? doesn't really say.
Charlie

rcb1020 · Post by **rcb1020** » April 17, 2011, 4:58 pm

this is who I bought mine from for my 352 , I got it for $105 which included the coil. This guy was cheaper than Jegs and Summit racing , plus free shipping ! I should have got the package with the wires , that package included everything for $130. I haven't installed mine yet , but I know it's a very easy hook up !

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pertroni ... arQ5fParts

ras4434 · Post by **ras4434** » April 17, 2011, 8:21 pm

Throw away the condenser........mine had the same issue. easy fix.

frdnut · Post by **frdnut** » April 17, 2011, 11:32 pm

I just put a pertronix in the 390 in our 65..Runs much better and cured a terrible backfiring problem..

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » April 18, 2011, 5:44 am

you do Not need the Pertronix Coil.

If the coil you have is shot, you may as well, but a stock coil will work just fine. I've been running a Standard brand coil for about 5 years with the Pertronix, hooked up with 12 volts.

About 2 years ago, I even installed an MSD 6AL with that same coil, and it works flawlessly. (the MSD shocks the pee out of the coil with 480v, but no probs.)