{"id":1440,"date":"2008-10-02T21:25:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T04:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2011-10-30T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T06:07:23","slug":"see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"See my Points &#8211; Pertronix Install Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsee-my-points-pertronix-install-guide%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fimg_9401.jpg&amp;description=See+my+Points+%E2%80%93+Pertronix+Install+Guide\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[1440]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"See my Points \u2013 Pertronix Install Guide\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=See my Points \u2013 Pertronix Install Guide&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/\" data-text=\"See my Points \u2013 Pertronix Install Guide\" data-desc=\"Customer service pays off. Or should I say, bad customer service doesn't pay. If you haven't seen my 1927 Ford Roadster called \"Bonnie\" then this may be your first time to MyRideisMe.com. In that case, WELCOME! Please stay a while and if you dig it... JOIN here. 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Or should I say, bad customer service doesn&#8217;t pay.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen my <a title=\"Lakes Modified 1927 Roadster\" href=\"http:\/\/myrideisme.com\/Garage\/pikesan\" target=\"_blank\">1927 Ford Roadster<\/a> called &#8220;Bonnie&#8221; then this may be your first time to MyRideisMe.com.  In that case, WELCOME!  Please stay a while and if you dig it&#8230; <a title=\"good people hanging in the garage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Register\" target=\"_blank\">JOIN here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My roadster kinda odd because I run a 2.3L Ford Motor.  That&#8217;s right! It&#8217;s a Pinto motor and I&#8217;m proud to be part of the 4 banger world.  The 2.3&#8217;s are easy to find, cheap to get and can be made to run hard, but that can get expensive.  I wrote a bunch about modifying the <a title=\"Lakes Modified 1927 Roadster\" href=\"http:\/\/myrideisme.com\/Garage\/pikesan\" target=\"_blank\">2.3L Ford Motor<\/a> in my garage blog.  Check it out.<\/p>\n<p>So trying to save a few bucks, I bought a Mallory dual point distributer.  Why a dual point with all the electronic points systems out there?  And why not just run a factory Ford electronic distributor?  Good questions.  For both cases, you often have to deal with a vacuum advance system.  My motor makes poopoo vacuum. (does that rhyme?) and those vacuum modulators don&#8217;t look good.  Also, most of the electronic setups are big bucks.  Dual point was good for a long time and I was coming from a single points setup, so I went for p\/n 2362101 from Mallory.<\/p>\n<p>After almost no trouble for a year, I was stranded on the side of the road.  On the way to the Goodguys show.  It sucked.  To make things worse, as my pops and I were pushing the car up onto the trailer, I punched a hole in the oil pan.  5 quarts of &#8220;changed last night&#8221; fresh oil spilled onto the highway and the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Know what the original problem was?  A bad capacitor!  (called condensers to some).  Ever heard of that?  Pops was a Ford mechanic for 25 years starting in 1964 and had seen that 2 times.  I was the one that fixed it cause he said, that&#8217;s never it!  The spark would show in the points at first then progressively get weaker until it was gone.  For some reason, i had a new capacitor.  I put it on and the car fired right up.  I patched the hole in the pan and made it to the show by 1 PM.  Not bad!<\/p>\n<p>Anther year went by and the same farting and sputtering problem started up again.  Another new capacitor, this time a big momma from and old distributor and I&#8217;m down the road again.  Enough&#8217;s enough.<\/p>\n<p>I sent a message to Mallory on their website and got a response that only said: &#8220;Clean of the contacts and skuff the condenser case.&#8221;  What the heck for? and&#8230; DUH!  That&#8217;s not customer service after blowing 2 parts that shouldn&#8217;t fail.  That&#8217;s when I started searching for another solution and found a <a title=\"High performance ignition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pertronix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pertronix<\/a> kit that, get this, fit into my Mallory dizzy!  Very cool!  I got the Pertronix 9ML-141from <a title=\"Tons of High Performance Parts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carshopinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Car Shop Inc<\/a>.  I&#8217;d never purchased from Car Shop Inc, but they had a great price!  I contacted Tim, told him what was up, then he told me his experience with Pertronix, all good, and had the parts to me in a couple days.  Sweet deal.  Great service.  That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the story&#8217;s pretty easy.  The <a title=\"High performance ignition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pertronix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pertronix<\/a> instructions were short and easy to follow.  No wonder, it was an easy swap and has been running perfectly.  I did have to make a timing adjustment, but not much.<\/p>\n<p>So check out the rest of these pictures.  They&#8217;ll show you how I did it.  Anyone could, it&#8217;s that easy. (Click on any picture to make it bigger)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1440 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9398\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9398-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1444\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1444'>\n\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;s where I started, remove the cap.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9400\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1445'>\n\t\t\t\tDisconnect the leads from both sets of points, then remove this plastic thing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9401\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9401-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1441'>\n\t\t\t\tSee that &#8220;C&#8221; shapped slot?  There are 2 flat head screws that hold this plate in.  Loosen them to remove the plate\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9403\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9403-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1447\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1447'>\n\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;s what&#8217;s left.  You can clearly see the flat head screws. Note the position of the advance setting screws.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9407\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9407-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1448\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1448'>\n\t\t\t\tNext, secure the Pertronix Plate with those same 2 flathead screws\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9408\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9408-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1449\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1449'>\n\t\t\t\tThen slip the rubber grommet into the hole where the plastic thing was.  Be careful.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/see-my-points-pertronix-install-guide\/img_9409\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/img_9409-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1450'>\n\t\t\t\tFinally, slip the magnetic pickup onto the distributor shaft. It only goes 1 way.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hooking up the wires was easy.  Red to + on the coil, black to the -.  You don&#8217;t need a ballast resistor either.  That&#8217;s nice cause it cleans things up a bit.  Any questions, leave a comment!  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Or should I say, bad customer service doesn't pay. If you haven't seen my 1927 Ford Roadster called \"Bonnie\" then this may be your first time to MyRideisMe.com. In that case, WELCOME! Please stay a while and if you dig it... JOIN here. My roadster kinda odd because I run a\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Customer service pays off. Or should I say, bad customer service doesn&#8217;t pay. If you haven&#8217;t seen my 1927 Ford Roadster called &#8220;Bonnie&#8221; then this may be your first time to MyRideisMe.com. In that case, WELCOME! Please stay a while and if you dig it&#8230; JOIN here. 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