Setting Distributor to #1

[Mike Nance]

@Stevenc22, it would be out of stock at IE, go figure.

[Stevenc22]

Its a very standard part, everyone stocks it. Even autozone

 

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[Mike Nance]

Thanks @Stevenc22 just ordered one.

[John76]

40 minutes ago, Mike Nance said:

I have the 1.8ohm yellow wire and red/black wire and the black(tachometer)wire identified.

Mike,

The yellow(ish) wire and the red/black wire connect to the + post on the coil.

The black wire connects to the - coil, and continues to the distributor and tach. You might have a 2nd black wire on the coil -.

This is for the speed relay and dashpot if you have the stock Solex carb.

Your rev-limiting rotor has no extra wires. It just cuts off the spark to the plugs by centrifugal force at a pre-set rpm.

 

 

[Mike Nance]

@John76does anything change on the diagram change since I am using a74’ Tii motor?

[Mark92131]

1 hour ago, Mike Nance said:

I have the 1.8ohm yellow wire

 

What coil do you have?  To run that wire, you need a non-resisted coil (OEM Black or Red).  If running the popular Blue coil or other internally resisted coils, you need to swap out the yellow wire for a standard wire from fuse #4.  Maximillian is running a sale on the right coil for your setup.

 

Mark92131

 

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[Mike Nance]

@Mark92131I have the Bosch Ref Coil. 1.8ohm. 

[John76]

1 hour ago, Mike Nance said:

does anything change on the diagram change since I am using a74’ Tii motor?

Yes. You can ignore the extra black wire from the coil (-) to the Speed Relay. Tii motors do not have a speed relay, white valve or dashpot.

If the yellow resistor wire to the coil is 1.8 ohms, and the red coil is 1.8 ohms, then your primary ignition resistance is 3.6 ohms.

This is OK for use with points and condenser.

My stock '76 ignition has a 0.9 ohm yellow resistor wire and a 1.9 ohm black coil when I run points/condenser.

I've recently become a fan of electronic ignition.  I now run a 0.65 ohm coil with no resistor wire to a PerTronix II ignition module.

John

PS: The NGK coil mentioned by @Mark92131 does not indicate the primary resistance in the spec sheet. It might be the same as the stock black Bosch KW coil (1.9 ohm primary). Can anyone verify??

 

[Mike Nance]

Thanks for all of the comments to my questions. I can’t really pick one as the correct fix. This site is the best. Everyone is so helpful. When I get my starter on Monday I’ll give it a go. Hopefully the K-Fish pump is good to go. @John76 your drawings are the best!!

['76mintgrün'02]

I'd say Mark won the race.  It's sort of like being first in line for a Craigslist ad.   He won the green check!  You've got to be quick!

 

How did you wind up clocking the distributor body?

Was there a part number stamped into the other side?

 

Maybe I have more questions than you dou.

 

Now's your chance to pull it out of the hole and check the axial play, by inserting a feeler gauge between the gear and body.  If it's a large gap, you'll need a new fiber washer or two.

 

Distributors require maintenance to keep them healthy and happy. Don't forget to add a couple drips of oil under the felt plug in the center post and a dab of grease under the points' rubbing block.

 

If that's an #002, it might be fairly new, since they are/were a tii replacement distributor.

 

I need to work on my starter.  It's making funny whirring noises sometimes.  I keep fussing with distributors instead.

 

[Henning]

Your dizzy housing should have a kind of notch in the surrounding edge close to the condenser. You have to remove rotor and black disc to see it. When the rotor points to this notch you have tdc at #1.

What's going on here:

 

 

??  Some heavy duty chain used to rope the engine in?

 

henn

[Henning]

Injection line doesn't look old to me...

Edited April 26 by Henning

[Henning]

Your dizzy housing should have a kind of notch in the surrounding edge close to the condenser. You have to remove rotor and black disc to see it. When the rotor points to this notch you have tdc at #1.

What's going on here:

 

 

??  Some heavy duty chain used to rope the engine in?

 

henn

[Henning]

Your dizzy housing should have a kind of notch in the surrounding edge close to the condenser. You have to remove rotor and black disc to see it. When the rotor points to this notch you have tdc at #1.

What's going on here:

 

 

??  Some heavy duty chain used to rope the engine in?

 

henn

[Henning]

Your dizzy housing should have a kind of notch in the surrounding edge close to the condenser. You have to remove rotor and black disc to see it. When the rotor points to this notch you have tdc at #1.

What's going on here:

 

 

??  Some heavy duty chain used to rope the engine in?

 

henn