The first thing to note was that the tach acting up is a good indication
that the ignition LT has a problem, and not the HT (well, not on its own,
anyway). But I think you discovered that for yourself with the gap closing
up and the wobbly dizzie shaft.
With the 'new' dizzie you don't say how the gap is, a big difference between
gap and dwell is an indication of mechanical or electrical problems with the
points. Is this one wobbly too? Is the tach still acting up? You could
have an intermittent connection in either the points wire from the coil or
the braided wire inside the dizzie. You need to take a methodical approach
to faulting the ignition, and then consider if it might be some other,
coincidental problem. Have a look at
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/hammer.htm and click on 'Dizzie
Settings'.
PaulH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mgbreh@aol.com <Mgbreh@aol.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>; mgccnwc-list@eskimo.com
<mgccnwc-list@eskimo.com>
Date: 23 March 1999 07:00
Subject: BGT runnin bad kinda long sorry
>The bgt suddenly the tach went wacky &it lost all power & would not
restart.
>So i walked 2 1/2 till someone from work picked me up of coarse it was
raining
>after all i live near seattle. The car has been acting up lately it would
not
>idle & missed sometimes. So afterwork ( yesturday this happened) I had
put a
>used ford coil out of my newest b ,this cured the previous no idle run
rough
>ploblem. So i thought the coil had died so i got a new one it didnt help
the
>points wernt opening so i ajusted them & away iwent for 1/12 miles till it
did
>it again. This time i reajusted the points it started right up Then ran
badly
>again, so i double cheched they wereclosed again bye now it was gettin to
be a
>hour1/2 till dark the road was very desolate the wife was with me so i did
not
>have to walk. We flagged down a cop who called a tow truck So its home &
yes
>David i tipped him he was really cool. So tonite i put in the old dizzy
that
>worked well in my 76. So i put in a proven dizzy & a NEW coil get it
started
>set the timin & boom it runs great!! i let it run 10 min or so & went for a
>test drive the car worked great till i turned around it started missing At
>3500 -4000 in 3 gear it started buckin & backfirng i barelly made it home.
Oh
>by the way the bushings in the old dizzy were junk it wobbled really bad!
The
>timing is still right on the dwell is within spec when it runs it fires up
&
>almost dies right away it spits & backfire as it turns over only sometimes
>Any ideas ??????
>
>Ray Huff
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