Do you also need to line up the stator inside the distributor? I'm not familiar with the Mallory unit, so I don't know if it has one.

On the stock unit, you have to be absolutely certain that an arm on the stator is lined up perfectly between two alignment marks on the magnetic pickup. Each 1/4" off is like 7 - 10 degrees off timing or something.


I've used Method #2 before and it worked flawlessly. Again, on a stock Duraspark II unit.