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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 01:35 PM
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I have a '73 351w with no distributor. Upon Research I find that there are single vacuum advance dual vacuum advance, with governor, without governor. What do I need?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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you should go eletronic, i have a 74 351W and the points were garbage. i put a msd ready to run single vacume advance on and it works great. just make sure you get the correct gear to mach ur cam
 
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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I agree on ditching the points, upgrade to a Duraspark module and distributor - get parts from/for a 1982 or so F150/250. Just a single vacuum advance, no governor.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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single with no governor, the duraspark is a good upgrade or so is a petronix kit to replace points, simple to install.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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i had big porblems with the points replacement kits i tried both and wound up buying a new distributor, so much better
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 11:01 PM
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Apparently lots of people have trouble with points. However, I have them on my daily drivers and they work just fine. It's slightly troublesome to set the gap on Ford points as they tend to shift a bit when tightening the locking screw. So it's a few minutes extra work every few years.
The correct distributor for that year uses points, and the diaphragm and governor style depends on the particular vehicle application.
Do you need the exact stock replacement distributor? If not, what are your plans for the engine?
 
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