Well, with all the gas in there it'll be very cleaned out when you do your
oil change. Filter too of course.
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: David Gates <dgates@lava.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: New Mallory Distributor
>
> Thanks Bob,
>
> Your answers got me most of the way there and I found a guy on the web
that
> sells Mallory equipment who was very helpful with tech support even though
> I didn't buy it from him. His name is Sam Solace and his site is
> http://www.centuryperformance.com/Default.htm . I figure his online
speed
> shop deserves a quick plug for his kind help, very nice and knowledgeable
guy.
>
> At any rate, my new dual point distributor is in and working!!! Yippie!!!
> This is the first time the car has sprung to life in over a year, so its
> nice to have it running. A couple more weeks and I should have all the
> little stuff done to make it roadworthy.
>
> I had a strange problem today with it once it was running. I checked my
> oil level and found it to be VERY high, almost twice too much oil. It
> seemed pretty thin also. After scratching my head for a bit I noticed
that
> it smelled like gas. Now I remember reading about this problem on the
list
> a while back. So I immediately pulled the mechanical fuel pump off and
> checked it for leaking into the block. Sure enough it was, probably about
> 5% of the gas it was pumping was going into the block. :( Luckily I have
> an electric pump to put on from my recent parting out of my '76.
>
> I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped out. With any luck she
> will be on the road in a couple weeks. Yep, she's a woman. No name yet
> but definately a woman.
>
> David Gates
> Hawaii
>
> At 06:16 PM 6/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >David writes:
> >
> >> For my '78 Spitfire I have a new Mallory dual point distributor (VB
> >> 17-501), Mallory super duty chrome coil (VB 17-570), and Mallory coil
> >> resistor (VB 17-571). I have the distributor physically installed in
the
> >> car, but I am a little unsure of the electrical connections.
> >[...]
> >> 1. Because the new distributor is points it only has one electrical
> >> connection. Should this be the white/black wire on the above mentioned
> >> connector? It looks like the other end goes to the - coil. Then there
is
> >> another white/black wire on the - coil that must go to the tach but I
did
> >> not ohm that one out.
> >
> >On my car(s) these wires are white/slate, but no matter, use
> >the one from the old connector at the dizzy to connect to your Mallory.
> >The other end does go to the coil (-), and the other wire on this coil
> >post feeds the tach. You have sussed it out.
> >
> >> 2. How does the white/blue and the white wire come into play? The
> >> schematics show them connecting to the distributor somehow but it
doesn't
> >> show how. With only one terminal on the distributor I can't see this
> >> happening anyway.
> >
> >The remaining (unused) wires in the connector were to provide +12V and
> >connection to the drive resistor to the original electronic ignition.
> >You don't need them anymore.
> >
> >> 3. The VB catalog (SG.27) pg 21 says "Mallory resistor should be used
to
> >> replace stock resistor. Super Duty coil must be used with proper
ballast
> >> resistor." So, I have this new resistor. Does it replace the one
mounted
> >> by the alternator connected to a white and a white/blue wire? These
are
> >> the other ends of the wires as mentioned in #2 above.
> >
> >The resistor mounted by the alternator is the "drive" resistor (it was)
> >used
> >by the original electronic ignition. It's no longer needed and is not
> >related to the ballast resistance. I don't know the specifics, but I
> >presume the "Mallory Resistor" that they want you to use has a different
> >ohmic value or power dissipation rating.
> >
> >> 4. What about the "proper ballast resistor" that the catalog mentions?
> >> This sounds like the ballast resistor wire that connects to the starter
> >> solenoid. It ohms out at 1.5 ohms. Is this the "proper" ballast for
this
> >> setup? I thought the 40,000 volt coil was not suppose to use a ballast
> >> resistor. The VTR page write up says that the 40,000 volt coil should
have
> >> a bypass on this so it is always 12v to the coil. So why does the VB
> >> catalog say I need the "proper" one if its not even suppose to be in
use?
> >
> >You might measure the resistance of the Mallory resistor and see if it
> >is
> >also 1.5 ohm. Whether or not any external ballast resistance is
> >appropriate
> >for the 40kV coil you have.... I can't say for sure.
> >
> >Hope this helps,
> >Bob (& '78 Spits)
> >
> >
>
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