> I think I must have a wire in the wrong place. I'm not especially clever
> about electrical things, but I can use a digital camera so here's a
> photo of the distributor now in the car. Anyone spot something wrong?
> http://newellboys.com/parts/dist-small.jpg
I think you've got the point post assembled wrong ... there should be an
insulator on top of the wire terminals, and not between the terminals and
the points spring. The terminals have to contact the spring, but not the
post/nut.
It also looks like you have the distributor connected to the same terminal
of the coil as the wire from the ignition switch ... they should be on
opposite terminals. Although not entirely in the photo, it looks like a
wire has been added from one coil post to ground, this is simply wrong and
should be removed/discarded.
Last, in the photo it looks like the point rubbing block is near the peak of
the cam, but I don't see any gap between the points. Might just be the
angle, but I would double-check the point gap once you've fixed the other
things.
Of course, all of this should have shown up when you checked the static
timing ... Might be worth doing this time, eh ?
Don't forget the rotor when you put it back together.
Randall
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