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Originally Posted by James
So, I haven’t had points in the distributor for years. I have the Pertronix electronic ignition, which now that you mention it, could’ve burned up.
Thanks for the knowledge you’re dropping on me and onto the forum.
It makes me want to switch back to points.
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See if there is a troubleshooting information for your Pertronix Ignition Unit. It should help. I know there is other guy on this forum that use this type of ignition unit, they might be able to help you. I am using a bullet HEI distributor on my 305 V6.
Are your ignition wires fairly new? I know back in the day when using carbon wires they would wear out, by enlarging the gap within the wire. Mostly on the sparkplug ends (due to accessing the plugs for maintenance), killing one cylinder. This could also happen on the coil wires, killing the whole engine.
Just to see if you are getting any sparks from the coil through the coil wire. You can use a jumper wire with one end connected to ground and momentary touch the coil - (with the ignition on). The coil wire should spark to ground (shock harzard). Might not be a great spark because there is no capacitor in the ground circuit.