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Old Jan 2, 2021 | 10:04 PM
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Distributor issues

Even I know that this is no good:

1966 240 inline 6.

Bare wires coming out of the distributor.

At a bare minimum I’d like to fix this and I’m looking for suggestions. It would be nice if I could remove and replace these wires, but they appear to be molded into a grommet and the igniter.




Wires molded in

Anyone know if this is original equipment? I’m not 100% just based on some other issues from previous owner. Not sure he dabbled with ignition system though.



Motorcraft stamp on other side.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2021 | 10:17 PM
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Original 1966 was a points and condenser distributor.
That looks like a later model Duraspark distributor.
Do you have a picture of the box it plugs into?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 06:12 PM
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A quick temp fix would be to clean the wires and put liquid electrical tape on them, for insulation.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 09:27 PM
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Why not just replace the entire pickup coil?
 
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