Re: [AMC-list] Forward to the past - replacing Duraspark with points...the Hornet RUNS again! Woo-hoo!

[peggy delancey <butterfly15610@xxxxxxxxx>]

       Jerry, thats great to hear! Glad you got an AMC going, and work done! Am not doing anything AMC here, wish I could, got too much in the garage to get one in. Guess I should sell that Fiat and 57 Plymouth soon. Just cant part with the 41 Olds, which I have made some headway rebuilding the door post tonight! Hopefully finish that up in the next couple days.
        Congrats and hope it stays going good for ya!


                       Jay





--- On Sun, 8/30/09, Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Forward to the past - replacing Duraspark with points...the Hornet RUNS again! Woo-hoo!
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 5:45 PM
> Well, not Back to the Future, more
> like going Forward to the past, I finally pulled a points
> distributor from my '72 Gremlin, and after some clean-up and
> points cleaning, it got a fat spark, and I got my '76
> Sportabout to fire and RUN for the first time in months.
> Turns out the used Duraspark I put in was going bad or
> intermittent, drove me crazy there for months. Didn't want
> to go back to the non-vac working Presto-lite I pulled out,
> so my choices were either Points, or GM HEI ( which I have
> one, converted, but couldn't find it ), so it was points
> this weekend I tried. Runs great now, after fixing
> mis-wiring 5 and 6, it's running smooth , and not cutting
> off. So gave it a very short test drive, did ok, so now to
> clean it out, remount the rearview mirror to the glass, and
> hopefully be driving it this week to work some. Carb is not
> leaking now, either, so I HOPE that problem is solved as
> well. Man, it has been torture after buying this car,
> running, then
>  to have it have carb and electric intermittent problems. I
> think the worst is over, good thing I got it running because
> it needs Inspection in September. Fun! Got great tires on
> it, will probably check the brakes myself, but otherwise it
> seems good to go. Hope so, anyway. Well, gonna enjoy the
> rest of the afternoon, as that was a major accomplishment
> for me to achieve, finally. Think I'll go putter around the
> garage and do some clean-up. More fun! LOL
> 
> Jerry in Virginia
> 
> 
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