[FWDLK] The Duchess of Spring...

[Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@KETCHUM.COM>]

Well,

Since I gave up smoking in February, I've been finding myself always
cleaning and cleaning to pass the time.  Tonight was "clean the kitchen"
night, and strangely enough, I found a dual point distributor (IBP-4003)
in my crock pot.

How it got there is anybody's guess.

I had rebuilt it back in '97, but somehow I forgot all about it.  I
decided that since it was a nice night, I'd throw it in the Duchess and
see how it worked.  To my amazement, the Duchess is simply
purrrrrrrrrrrrrring now.  Dual points, she likes!  I never realized how
bad my other distributor was until now, but with the new one, many of my
engine problems are now gone.  The idle has smoothed out to a
perrrrrfect purrrrrrrr, the power has increased about fivefold, and she
starts with just a flick of the key.

My first question is, is this a "dual-point" thing, or simply a
"distrubutor that works" thing?

Question number two:  She always has to warm up for about five minutes
in reverse before the Torqueflite will pop into any forward gear.  A few
of us on the list here have the same problem, but none of us have been
able to track down the cause, let alone the solution.  As a
possibly-related sideline, the trans won't kick down when I stomp the
pedal, either.  Anyone have any thoughts on a fix before I have the
whole thing rebuilt?

-Dave

PS - It was a nice night for cruising in Western Pennsylvania.  I'm
loving the summer again already!