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Reply to "Gremlins While on The Road"

@DannyP posted:

The absolute first thing you do: Pop the cap and rotor. Remove Pertronix. Clean the bottom(steel wool, sandpaper, etc.), clean the heck out of the distributor where it bolts down. Clean the screw. Re-attach, you can use a nice star washer on the screw to make sure the connection stays good.

Dozens of people have this problem and try to fix it by throwing parts at it. Try this first, then buy me a beer some day in thanks.

Larry Jowdy(rest in peace) "fixed" a bunch of Speedsters and Spyders out in California with this fix, probably a dozen.

Danny; we have a winner!! The module base was loose. All I did was tighten the screw of the baseplate and then reinstall the module setting the gap to .035”. Pertronix recommends .030” but Ratwell recommends leaving as much gap as physically possible without affecting the advance mechanism by rubbing against the distributor body:

https://ratwell.com/technical/PertronixAdjust.html

I went conservative but the car worked fine and I drove back on the freeway. I will now go over the spark plugs, timing and carb adjustments as suggested earlier by you guys.

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