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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

This dist. has the plastic vacuum unit? I've seen more than half of these with
blown diaphragms. Seems to me vacuum units are available at various auto parts
places. The Prestolite ignition AMC used from 75-77 has its good and bad
'points'. ; )

Ken


Quoting 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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