went back to points

[Johnboy]

Running pertronix ignition in my 40. I changed because when I used points and put a dwell meter on and revved engine the dwell would change and get smaller meaning the point would open. When driving and gave car gas going up hills if I stepped on it the car would cut out. When I let off gas motor would come back on. Tried three different distributors same problem. Tried different points same thing. I had a problem with the pertronix when first installed due to low voltage, it has to have the correct voltage I had 5.6 volts an it ran like sh-t. Problem was small rag sucked into back of generator while installing pertronix 

engine now running great 

[jgreg53]

Success! Worked on the dizzy and got the points to stay in place.starts right up now. Running better with points. Thanks for all the advice. 

[Doug&Deb]

Good job! Sometimes you just have to keep at it and you figure it out.

[Bryan]

On 10/15/2021 at 9:00 PM, jgreg53 said:

Success! Worked on the dizzy and got the points to stay in place.starts right up now. Running better with points. Thanks for all the advice. 

To me points are better. You just have to maintain the gap and keep the contacts clean, which isn't that often.    We're not pulling such high RPMs that they float. About the only thing electronic is the condenser.  It's what I'm trying to get away from in my experience with 92 Dakota and other vehicles. Perfectly good motors but some sensor causes the problem.