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A reman one will work just fine. A msd will require a seperate ignition box. You will end up spending 500.00 for the dizzy and box if you go MSD. The mallory unit does not need a box but I don't like the quality of their products.
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If you just want to get away from points, your easiest solution would be a stock distributor with a Pertronix or Standard conversion kit. Ford switched to electronic ignition around 1975 but to use that distributor, you'll need a seperate ignition module and have to add some missing wires.
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It has the pertronix in it now its the dist its self worn out it has alot of slop in the shaft causing us problems I guess I could get a reman 65 dist and swap over the pertronix guts hopefully its not acting up also but I think it either works or doesnt.
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Excessive play in the distributor can cause an erratic signal and any ignition will malfunction under those conditions. I would start by swapping your Pertronix into a good distributor. Any FE distributor will do, doesn't HAVE to be from a 352. Just beware of the medium and heavy truck distributors. The med. & heavy trucks use a variant of the engine called an FT. It looks the same but one of the differences is the distributor.
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The 330 medium duty (MD) had the same distributor as the FE, except some had a tach drive and governor on them. It was the 330 HD, 361 and 391 had the bigger oil pump drive and bigger crank snout
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