> One thing I have though of is that the mechanical advance weight springs
 > might be worn out. The dist. originaly came out of a 283 V-8 which was
 > made from '57 to '67. So needless to say the springs are rather old.
I found a place around here that has the spring kit that I need (comes with
new weights too) but it will have to wait until payday.
 AB> Nows the perfect time to install an HEI! You *will* notice a
I don't know if an HEI will fit in my engine compartment, my stock points
distributor sits about an inch or so from the firewall and well... those
HEI units are rather big.  I have seen some after market HEI units that
have the coil mounted externally, perhaps one of those would fit.
 AB> But if you want to keep that old points ignition, whens the last time
 AB> it had fresh points? Hows the coil? Have you checked the dwell?  Hows
 AB> the condition of the ignition (run-9v or so) feed wire?  
The points are less than a year old, I'm going to change them anyway and
put in some 32oz. points, the ones that are in there are kinda flimsy.
The dwell was right where it should be at 30 degrees. The coil was running
at 12volts as of a couple days ago.
 AB> Also, from another message about spark plug heat ranges.  Start off
 AB> with an AC44T or AC44TS.  The AC46TS is on the hot side. The AC43TS is
 AB> good in some applications, and a wee bit cold for most others. Depends
 AB> on your engine combination. Based on my own experiences of course. =)
I was told that the 43's are good all around spark plugs I'll have to 
experiment and find something that works. Believe it or not K-Mart is the
only store in this part of town that sells AC spark plugs. Gi-Joes doesn't
even carry them.
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