[Amc-list] 76 Hornet Pertronix distributor - vac advance dead; fix, or replace the whole POS ?

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Ok, been tinkering with my new Hornet hoopdee, and  it's running better each time I go under the hood. Tonight, after I got home, I checked the vac advance using direct engine vacuum...the timing mark never moved off 8 BTDC at idle. I think it's runninng on ported vacuum, I feel nothing from the hose coming from the carb. But with it direct, it still doesn't work, so I'm sure it's dead. 

So, the next question is, should I bother repairing it, or just replace the whole distributor with a better version? I was thinking of the GM HEI conversion, I already have a distributor done (somewhere ), but I think I'd rather do a more Plug-n-Play if I can, I don't want to be cutting  and splicing wires to get it to work right now, plus a new coil, etc. May have to ANYWAY, but would rather have the P&P option to just drop something in for now and get it working better. 

 Any suggestions that won't cost me a fortune? Will a Jeep 4.0 distributor work, or would I need to go back to the older 4.2 engines? Thanks,

Jerry in Virginia



      
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