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From: Bob Hamilton
>I always made it a point to replace the condensers (capacitor nowadays)
>when I did the points but as the car is now 45 years old, the right ones
>for this
>car are not readily available at your local auto parts store so we
sometimes
>just polish the points and continue on our way, not replacing the
condensers.
Mounting an external generic condensor outside the distributor from the
dist terminal (to low side of the coil) to the dist case will be perfectly
acceptable, and will allow just about any off the shelf condensor to be
used if the correct part is not available.
The actual value of the condensor is not really important, its main
purpose is to keep the points from arcing, and just about any
automotive points condensor will work just fine.
Happy beaming proper dude!
Jarrid Gross
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