Switching over from pertronix back to points to trouble shoot a problem. Which lead does the green condensor wire hook up to on the distrubitor? The positive or negative??

Thanks

From the condeser to the hole in the distrib, where the points inside hook up & then to the neg on the coil.

thanks Al.. got her running again..just have to time it now.

What happened to the Pertronix?

In a prior post I made, the tach was jumping all over the place.. car wouldnt idle right, was cutting out and bouncing up in rpms. Trying to diagnos the problem by ruling things out. Already swapped volt reg, throttle body switch, coil. Now im trying a dif distributor with new points and a new contact plate and condensor. It seems to be idleling very high now.. but I still have to time it. I'll try swapping the trig points for the fi as well. If none of the above work.. then into the shop for a valve adjustment and go from there. Any suggestions appreciated

The rest of the stuff is irrelevant, especially the valves and the trigger points. It's a point (or point substitute) related problem, a voltage supply problem, or a bad tach.

The Cap'n

Capt, would a faulty tach make the engine run like that? Could a faulty ECU be the culprit?


Thanks, really appreciate all the help.

Was the pertronix that was the culprit. Just had the valves done, the car is running real well again. Thanks, all for the help