From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: IML: Ignition failure II
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:49:27 -0800 (PST)
Chris Hawkins <imperial1966@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kenyon,
If your car had an electronic ignition, it likely had
a different ballast resistor and coil. I would make
sure both are correct of a 1960 distributor. If the
wrong ballast resistor has been used with your
point-style distributor, they may be burned.
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Both were replaced with correct parts (this is a 72, by the way).
At this time I am starting to focus on the Holley carb. The car had one
and it tended to stick at WOT. I found this undesireable and found an
identical carb that had been sitting for 15 years in a dry shelf.
I sense that the carb is perhaps so lean or that at idle the idle circuit
is not operating peoperly, as the car runs great in the middle range. I
dunno, but as I pay more attention to what the symptoms are, I'm guessing
that the car wants a different carb. It did not exhibit these symptoms
before the carb swap (same electricals)- just scared the snot out of me
when I romped on it and it didn't back down. The car sat for awhile, and
I'm now certain that there are fresh surfaces on the pads and rotors - the
car used up one of its nine lives as I stood on the brakes and slapped the
ignition off.
I'll write more after I get a different carb.
Kenyon Wills
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