Hey all, while I have been doing M20 repairs in '02's for coming up on 10 years now, I apparently completely forgot how to work on an M10! And the slowest most simple version at that!
So I have a '68 1600 in my hands that is pretty darn stock and awesome. The points are shot and distributor is ugly and sloppy so I talked with the owner and got a -008 distributor for it and a set of Pertronix 1847V from a friend. Things didn't seem to work and I had zero spark so I bought a brand new set of Pertronix. So now I got this brand new one installed and STILL NO SPARK.
The wire going to the condenser from the body harness is left unplugged because I read that that was for tachometer which I have none, and then red Pertronix wire to + positive on coil and black from Pertronix unit to - negative on coil. Simple, two wires and I should make spark, no? No.
So I threw back in the ugly stock distributor with burnt paper thin points and it sparks right away, go figure. Also, one thing I noticed that may not matter, for some reason, the cap goes on 180* off when I switch new to old distributor body, so I have to redo plug wire order swapping back and forth. Even no matter the order or timing, I should have spark on #1, no? No.
Help, please help, and the beer will flow in your name. Thanks in advance guys!