Plymouthy Adams

I like that....

unique old car matched by the unique character of Go Fleiter in his footwork and fronting the postage. Big thanks for his help to others. Be sure to follow up and make the donation to the Ukraine. Pay if forward always works for the best.

I wonder, who is training who here.....you say he is about 6 months....just a pup, he will learn quick though.

many poly lines are set up similar to the older copper and ferrule methods. I just drained the tank in my car that is 57 years old car that has the original poly line still in use.

Greg...good on you for giving this little guy a sporting chance....these little guys give all and ask for nothing..!

your local big box store should have the ability to test your battery usually for free...I would suggest charging it and carrying it to them in that condition. you can have a few items relating to poor performance given a battery goes dead quickly....usually a amp draw test with the starter turning and also do not overlook checking your cabling and connections by way of voltage drop test....you will need a shunted meter for the amp test or a clip on DC inductive meter. If you have a question to the voltage drop test, quick look online will spell this out so a contributor here will not have so much to type, same with amperage testing....

if you a tad overweight and or kinda out of shape due to less strenuous regimen of work in your current routine...yeah, suggest you take it easy and work back into it slowly. Getting older don't help you much either. Like you I also plan to enclose another area of my building here for additional covered work/storage. This has been a hot and humid summer so far and I have cut back to just one pot of coffee as I do not stay as well hydrated drinking as much coffee as I did...boosted the water intake and rarely will do a soft drink...also not the best for you. Sometimes old habits are hard to modify.

seems like our seasons are a bit out of whack....spring and autumn are always so short it is like they were never with us....still piddling with getting organized for what I hope will be a good autumn so I can get back to work on some involved projects. I am sure there are many here doing similar, staging things for later.

I see what is going on there, you got to hold that dog back from taking the wheel....and with the blurred car out the window...you gotta be speeding....!!

actually with the slant six, you just peeking your head out a tad from the dark ages.....looks like a pretty solid find..you need some Fratzog hubcaps on that monster..?....I always wondered what these may have fit....look so similar to yours except for the Fratzog this is not a sales pitch

the trend today especially in the 10 years age or less go to dismantling yards catering to the collision repair business and thus you cannot walk a yard there and select from X model. The free access yards are drying up...pick an pulls get the remains of cars from the dismantling yard when the model busts out of popularity and often the 10 year mark and are pretty much picked over. I still have access to 4 yards in my area and try to pop in for a look see when I amin the area and got a minute. The bigger problems are the metal drives....steel is bit less today but still double over year or so ago. It was almost 3 times at peak, this drive for metal gets tons of cars normally sitting around for parts desirable for the quick buck sale. But yeah, if a few years...there may be next to nothing available and even more yards closed. We lost a tresure of old cars on a hillside not far away because the guy took a stand against the EPA who mandated him clean up the yard a bit after a wild fire set a mountain of tires on fire. He said it was his property and he will do as he pleases. His property was siezed, EPA did the clean up and sold and crushed cars to pay to bill...he was left owning them as I was told. EPA did their best to NOT step in as I heard they gave him three chances to comply, but he was most pigheaded is the word on the street.

even funnier....!!!

love the weenie dog tool pouch, tools at your command...all you got to keep in your pocket is a doggie treat...

excellent, glad you got it worked out........!

it is kinda fun to gather up and clean up and recondition a few old tools now and then. I have been in the high bay straightening about and got the remaining few common use tools positioned on my roll around tool peg board. I added a lower shelf inside that you cannot see but allows me to place boxed kits there. Prettyh much have most of the common tools at hand and can place exactly where needed. I also cut some metal for a table top for a roll around parts/work/tool table for when working under the lift, with locking wheels at all four corners...very stable and yet will stay in place. I may get organized yet but we are having a bit of fun.

hard to say...have sent PM for a few specific from you if you would please reply....thanks

I am a giraffe in a world of ostriches. ?

if you only you would learn to read and keep your comments inline with the posting....this is Pertronix...the answers from me are correct to Pertronix and as stated mapped ignition systems...all my statement to dwell within the Pertronix and any mapped system are true and as Pertronix is as the original OEM units then thank you for saying I was right all along..

megasquirt (you always want to compare a watermelon to a simple seedless grape by mixing facts that don't correlate) and pertronix don't exist on the same plane...you still wrong but lets keep it in the parameters of the original question and pertronix module and not run willy nilly with a single line/statement from a paper without reading the entire context of the article, stick with the pertronix as being the heart of his system....understand what mapping is and I would say even with the GM statement troubleshooting their simple early mapped triggers in their very late to the market modules...only value the dwell meter has is to see if the dwell mapping changes with rpm.....only true troubleshooting effect of a dwell meter on these modules. The modern ECU cannot be compared to the simple module that is the Pertronix....spend another 3 hours researching if you wish but you will not nail a lid on your concept only a nail in your coffin per se. The simple mapping of these devices are approximate...and when set as such....work well as the final word is timing of your distributor syncing the pulse with the piston position.

isn't CMMT the new Craftsman prefix....?

read the fine print again Sniper, mapped...now in bolt type for you.....read the very word also in the illustration you portray....the word is TYPICAL portray and also I never said you could not read it on a dwell meter...it will not be the same as points and it is ever changing with speed....you cannot vary this without altering the physical aspects of the device and thus rendering the mapping more than not to be problematic in operation. You will never find an electronic ignition system expressed in DWELL, you can at best see it compared only.

this is what I address in the manufacturing process making each a slight difference in reading if you did try to connect the dwell meter....you have the switching module and then you have the lobe and the air gap is fixed by production methods by Pertronix to be consistent (no elongated holes here) with the number of lobes on the rotor to be ballparked within their mapping of the module for that application. This preset mapping also depends on voltage to the coil and why the recommended impedance of the coil is critical to operation and LONG life with the Pertronix. Pertronix makes a good product, their failures are most often the results of users comingling components not compatible with the module and fail to read all the install tips from the Pertronix, a coil is a coil for sure but impedance characteristics make each a bit different on application as will controlling the voltage with the correct ballast if you do not use the internal resistor coil. E-coil will require yet another style module from Pertronix and likely not available for these cars...never checked this so cannot say 100%. As with all things even with the right mix of parts, failure will/can occur now and then and if you do not have a spare module with you, you just cannot walk into a big box store and walk out with a fix. This is my single drawback to the Pertronix system, you have to go online to source the component. I believe these warranty claims/issues prevent big box stores from embracing stocking...again, my read of the product only. Of course many that change to the Pertronix also will carry a spare distributor to limp home on, if not, I recommend this or similar redundancy plan be put into effect. Often local companies that cater to the car builder will stock a handful of the more common module if you lucky to have such an outlet in your area.

If you happy with that I am tickled pink...however, DWELL take place at the points.....SATURATION takes place at the coil...saturation is based on the dwell, your dwell meter coil connection just allows you to read how long the points stay closed in duty cycle....however, I do suggest you read a few white papers....while for sure the coil is turned off and on by the Petronix, it is not a fixed relationship like that of the points to a rotating breaker cam that at whatever speed the cam is turning the actual degrees of the saturation will remain constant up UNTIL your breaker cam wears or the points erode therein changing the dwell which now changes the saturation and the cycle of regular scheduled tune ups to correct these wear factors. Most of these are electronic modules have mapped patterns and current limiting. So many little things can cause each to read different...thickness of the molded plastic, angle or distance of the pickup within the molding...and distance from the trigger and well the trigger will have its variances based also on the manufacturing process...AND slight change can be made in your air gap will allow the magnetic influence to alter a tad and why these also have a recommended air gap.

and you said it, simply turns it off and on...it is a trigger only and not able to correctly display a dwell as it would in the use of points...you can get a reading...but it is not accurate. Perhaps Pertronix says it best though you over read the line in their brochure of the product.... With the use of modern electronics, there is no reason to be concerned with setting the dwell of an ignition system, however the concept of dwell time still takes place in the coil. It’s just not something you need to worry about thanks to Pertronix Performance Brands Understanding Ignition Dwell (pertronixbrands.com)

typically you do not have dwell on an electronic ignition....only the older points setup did as this is the period of time that the coils is energized to ensure saturation and dwell is the manner of expressing the duty cycle..