pertronix upgrade?

[926bill]

Cut open the wiring harness,traced all the wires to figure out where to splice,no big deal. Mounted new flamethrower coil. I took the distributor apart and guess what, the new ignitor mounting plate is1/4 in too big in diameter. I used a 1146a pertronix kit which is for a 470 mercruiser I guess I'll have to pull the distributor to see what I've got. Can't see any numbers on it the way it is. Maybe it's not a delco. Any ideas? Thanks.

BC

[spareparts]

should be a delco, post up a pic and I'll see if I can identify it

[926bill]

Thanks Spare, pulled the dist the tag says prestolite IBM 7026A 6J. Contacted Pertronix but won't hear from them untill tommorow or later. Can't find a part in their catalog to match that number. We'll see.

Thanks. BC

[spareparts]

somebody swapped that distributor in there, while you have teh point plate out, go ahead and check the weights and springs, make sure the roto will rotate on the advance shaft.

[926bill]

Will do.

Thanks BC

[926bill]

The resistor wire runs from the coil to the electric choke. Do I cut this out and replace? Since the distributor is not origional I'll do a voltage check today. Here is a diagram that might help someone else out.

Thanks again BC

[spareparts]

follow the wire from the coil up the harnes, you'll find a point in the wire where it either has a small piece of heat shrink or a hard single starnd wire, you can cut it here adn splice it up side of the resistor, or you can just tie it in anywhree in the harness wheres there is a purple wire and eliminate the resistor wire.