So I just installed new NAPA (Mexican) points in my Commander 6 engine. Truck jumped out of the driveway. Ran great for a few days, very short drives (<15 min.) I took it to work on Friday....about 20 minutes 1 way. Ran great. Came home later that day (after 8hrs.).. and it almost died on the highway: sputtering, maybe a backfire (slight)....and I finally limped home all the while running like it was starving for gas & no power/acceleration. Thought maybe I over greased the points or burned them somehow.... Opened up the dist. cap and found good points but gapped @ .016 (Presto-gap). Opened them up to 0.20 gap, took it for a short ride and it ran great. Took it to work on Monday with a great drive "to" work and an almost dead truck on the way home.... Honestly, so bad I thought I'd be calling AAA.
While I was "dying" driving home, I had to slow to the shoulder and almost died...when gradually it came back to life and I proceeded home easily, but with better power than 15-20 minutes earlier in the ride.
As an aside....how do you "match" a coil to a system ? By Delco distributor ?
While I was "dying" driving home, I had to slow to the shoulder and almost died...when gradually it came back to life and I proceeded home easily, but with better power than 15-20 minutes earlier in the ride.
As an aside....how do you "match" a coil to a system ? By Delco distributor ?
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