Distributor Help
Distributor Help
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
If its like the old GM's (yea, i know, i know...) then its to set the dwell while the truck is running. Take a flashlight and crawl around under your hood until you can see in there (be careful of the Spark Fairy they're sneaky little fellas) and see if you can see some sort of adjusting screw. The GM's where set up for an allen wrench.
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From: Bartlett, TN
Ok my brother had a 67 Camaro with a 283 (couldn't hardly get out of its own way - my 66 Mustang with 289 would blow its door off if it was running). I remember the GM points coming with an allen wrench. I haven't seen this option for the Y blocks. Where could I get something like this? Do they even sell dwell meters anymore??
Glenn in TN
Glenn in TN
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A digital multimeter that measure frequency will work. I believe time is 1/frquency.
Originally Posted by Fifty4F100
Ok my brother had a 67 Camaro with a 283 (couldn't hardly get out of its own way - my 66 Mustang with 289 would blow its door off if it was running). I remember the GM points coming with an allen wrench. I haven't seen this option for the Y blocks. Where could I get something like this? Do they even sell dwell meters anymore??
Glenn in TN
Glenn in TN
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Originally Posted by Fifty4F100
Ok my brother had a 67 Camaro with a 283 (couldn't hardly get out of its own way - my 66 Mustang with 289 would blow its door off if it was running). I remember the GM points coming with an allen wrench. I haven't seen this option for the Y blocks. Where could I get something like this? Do they even sell dwell meters anymore??
Glenn in TN
Glenn in TN
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From: NM
I didn't think Y-block points had an allen screw a la Chevy/GM? Is this possibly a distributor conversion? Could it be a cooty-bob job, someone put a GM cap on a Y-block?? Or did Y-blocks of some vintage come that way?
