> my dad set the timing at Xmas in my 71 BGT dynamically, strobe light,
whiteout
>on the mark etc., and it ran fine.
...
>Two weeks ago I was driving around the rpms wouldn't go over 2000 anymore.
...
> the guy said the timing was way off.
It looks as if the timing didn't hold.
My guess is that there are three possible explanations for this phenomenon:
a) Your dad filed (the tungsten coating) off the (old) CB points before
setting the
timing (instead of using a new set).
After removing this coating the CB points burn in rather heavily.
[highly unlikely that he did this].
b) The capacitor across the CB points is of the wrong type, or defective,
causing the
CB points to burn rapidly.
c) A DPO replaced the standard coil with a so-called "Sports"coil or Heavy Duty
coil, requiring more Amps through the points, thus upsetting the system,
to the same effect.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Bert
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Bert Palte "Elysium" Alumnivereniging
Roggeveld 25 Universiteit Twente
3764 ZB Soest Faculteit Elektrotechniek
tel. 035 602 3949 (thuis) EL/TN 8223
tel. 035 601 3816 (werk) Postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede
<palte@rt.el.utwente.nl>
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