Patrick McCabe Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 (edited) I have a 1950 plymouth engine 218 flatty,stoped at napa to get points and opened the box and they send a seperate silver horseshoe strap in the box. So 1st pic is the old one, on the left I removed from distrib. which the silver strap is rivoted to the points set over the gold strap One on the right is what napa sends as the replace ment?It does not attach anywhere on top,Ive triple checked orileys sells the same. What is its purpose,do i need it?? 2nd pic is new on setting in distrib Any Ideas Edited May 2, 2022 by Patrick McCabe add pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick McCabe Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 sorry guys file with pics was to big pictures are ther now thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allbizz49 Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 The silver strap goes around the copper one then attaches here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 The silver horseshoe, as you call it, is the return spring for the points. Without it the points will not close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick McCabe Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Where it goes around the copper on top,it is not rivitod to case,lays loose,floats on the bottom they tie together you are right about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 You know, I put a new set of points in my 51 and I'll be darned if I remember how it went together. You can kind of trace it in this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 The little tab at the end of the spring must hook into the points arm during installation. If not it will not offer any spring tension to help close the points. I made that mistake once and it took a while to figure out why the engine wouldn't run above about 1500 RPM. I eventually discovered my mistake and got it installed correctly. The copper strap offered just enough spring tension to close the points at idle, but at higher RPM they wouldn't close fast enough and would start to bounce, causing a serious lack of power as the timing was very erratic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJK Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Have you tried putting the silver strap under the copper one???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slatgrille Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 The silver piece does in fact slip around the copper strap and hooks onto the point arm at the pivot point. Many replacement points are like this....have put several onto jeeps I have rebuilt/restored. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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