[b-man]

A lot of us never want to deal with adjusting or changing points so we convert to an electronic ignition of some sort.

Myself I’d rather make a small adjustment or occasionally replace points than deal with the headache of trying to figure out what failed and the consequences of that.

At the very least use points to trigger the MSD so you can jumper the MSD out of the system when there’s a problem.

Give me a GM HEI any day over any aftermarket electronic distributor.

I like carburetors too.

[Ram Air IV Jack]

Originally Posted by b-man

A lot of us never want to deal with adjusting or changing points so we convert to an electronic ignition of some sort.

Myself I’d rather make a small adjustment or occasionally replace points than deal with the headache of trying to figure out what failed and the consequences of that.

At the very least use points to trigger the MSD so you can jumper the MSD out of the system when there’s a problem.

Give me a GM HEI any day over any aftermarket electronic distributor.

I like carburetors too.

Cliff R talks about this all the time. His extensive experience here claims these aftermarket ignition systems are made overseas and most of them are junk. It seems the question is when it will fail, not if. Hard to beat a points system unless they get wet as Cliff talks about.

[6869GTO]

Had the same issue couple years back with points. Was a bad coil.
Start car and feel the wires connected to the positive side of coil. Are they getting hot, almost too hot to hold? Mine was just a bad coil, after removing and checking engine harness. Hope this helps