Re: [AMC-List] listing to find.

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "J. w." <sacranoidclub@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" i thought that in the past month or so someone posted
" something about awapping out the points for something
" else in the dist.

there's the pertronix ignitor; if you have a delco dist get one for a
chevy six.

" i was wondering is anyone knew what i could do for
" that swap in my rambler cause i was hoping to get the
" parts this coming week and get a tune up done and get
" the car running at least. 

imho a better solution is a '75-9 or so hei dist from a chevy 250 or
292; if you swap drive gears from your present dist it'll drop right
in.  use chevy hei wires and open your plug gap to .045-.050.
especially from a yard, this might not cost you much more than the
pertronix and maybe even less - and you can get parts for it
everywhere.
two notes:
1. surprisingly, many 250/292 hei do not have the familiar coil in the
cap.  the one i have does though, and it may only be a question of
caps.
2. it needs 12v all the time, so if your car is '68-newer you need to
bypass the resistance wire in the coil run.  easiest is to splice the
coil into the yellow wire at the volt reg.

" but what i can figure out from eddies listing on the
" planet huston amx site my vin i think the car coame
" with the 199 str 6.

the 7th char in the vin tells all.  a=199, b=232.  an engine code is
also stamped on the block on a pad by the dist.  a J in it means 199;
L = 232.

if you have a '68-9 with a fully synchro 3sp, it's a 232.  that tranny
was not offered with 199s.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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