Hello, thank you both for your reply. I intend to upgrade to the duraspark or some such electronic ignition system as soon as I have the bucks, This cherokee still had the breaker points ignition in it. I'm going to check all my ignition wires when get home tonight and make sure they look OK. Points are new and the dwell is set correctly. I did the duraspark upgrade on my Jav and was very happy with it. Steven Clark
" From: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> " " I can't say for sure, however in '75 AMC had problems with their electronic " ignition systems and recalled them. I distinctly remember my '75 Gremlin " doing the exact same thing. I don't know the entire process, however I believe " it was simply the case of splicing and removing the transistor?between the " distributor cap and coil. " " Someone else on the list may recall better then I do.
the prestolite ign used a low voltage trigger signal that was very sensitive to connector corrosion, and contact grease wasn't widely known or used back then.
the recommended fix was to splice the connector out of the wires. these days, contact cleaner and grease would probably do. or you could put a '78-up duraspark setup in, with a 'tfi tuneup' [srch the web]. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen
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