Hi Wake,
If you don't get an irresistable offer for a distributor, you might be
able to find a comparable spring at the friendly local hardware store.
Most of them have a couple of little boxes of hundreds of little springs.
Of course, you will have to find out the stretch characteristics of a
spring by putting a scale on another spring.... $70, another little part
made of gold.
Your 1973 should be fitted with an alternator, and should be Negative
Earth. Just check the wiring diagram to see what wire is which. Though
the wire from the coil to the distributor should be positive, you might
want to confirm that before you connect.
Bob
On Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:25:14 -0400 wake@DIXIENET.COM writes:
>To start I would like to thank all those that have responded to my
>posts
>both privately and publicly in the past, you have been a big help. Now
>on to more problems.
>
>Two weeks ago, my 73 B, decided not to run anymore. Troubleshot the
>problem, and discovered I wasn't getting any spark. Took off the
>distributor, and discovered that I needed a new distributor cap. I
>figured that while I was at it, I would install a Petronix Electronic
>Ingnition System. Simple so far, right?
>
>Problems.
>
>1. When I took the cap off, a long slender spring fell out of the
>distributor onto the ground. I have since learned that this connects
>to the vacuum advance. The spring appears to be broken, the loop at
>the end is not there anymore. Without the spring the Distributor is
>freee to float around inside. Moss wants 70 bucks for a new vacuum
>advance unit, any suggestions. Anybody want to donate a used unit
>cheap?
>
>2. The new Distributor Cap I purchased will not fit my distributor.
>It
>appears that the height of the cap is not enough. The cap will not
>lock
>down. Moss sells two caps, I guess I will buy the other one.
>
>3. The electronic ignition system, has two wires on it. One says
>goes
>to the positive and one to the negative side of the coil. My coil has
>two sides, one with two wires and one side with a single wire. Which
>side is which? Which wires do I keep?
>
>4. Anyone have any experience with this system and would like to
>share
>some advice with me. Should I set the advance to anything different
>then "normal"?
>
>Sorry for the extremely long post. I just really want to get back on
>the road.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Glenn Wakefield
>Wake@Dixienet.com
>
>
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