Re: [AMC-list] Ebay intake/exhaust

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The distributor on EBay appears to be the 1975-77 Prestolite electronic unit.
Worked OK at the time aside from the blow prone vacuum diaphragm and weak
electrical connector to the ignition box/computer.

Intake and exhaust manifolds are the 81 and later unit separated. The exhaust
looks like it has the air-pump injector holes plugged. The combined unit earlier
has the non-air-pump manifold. AFAICT.

Ken

Quoting tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 16:28, Thomas Garner <Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, which is better: Ebay item: 220480572766
> >
> > OR
> >
> > 170383306630 combined with 170383306216?
> >
> 
> Meh.
> 
> Personally? I'd go with the ass'y still bolted together. Who knows -- the
> other one could be mixed-up parts, or s/he broke something disassembling,
> ...
> 
> (The first one is 80+ -- you can see the field of prongs on the heater down
> the bore.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > OH and one more thing. If Ebay item:330360518719 would work in my 64 232,
> > what else would I need (besides plugs, wires, cap and rotor) to make it
> > work?
> 
> 
> Points distributor... that connector is NOT stock, I don't recall any AMC
> distributor having one of those two-wire hermaphrodite connectors on it.
> Usually there's one wire to the coil and ground is metal to metal.
> 
> Even a rebuild, I would tear it down (easy enough) because even the rebuilds
> are old! The grease on the shaft is almost certainly hardened. A gun brush
> and solvent and re-lube. Cheap insurance.
> 
> Never again will I use a Duraspark ignition -- it's too old. My choice today
> is an old points distributor -- they're cheap, no one wants them! -- and a
> Pertronix module. Far more reliable, simpler, less crap to bolt into the
> car, points-simple wiring (you gotta add one switch 12V source).
> 
> The one good thing about later-model (therefore Duraspark) igs is the more
> aggressive mechanical advance curve. When you have the distrib apart you
> might find that there's two settings available simply by rotating one part
> 180 degrees! (Designed that way...)
> 
> 
> -- 
> All of your arguments are invalid.
> Enjoy your unstable system.
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