Ignition Woes

[Fred Talmadge]

Has anyone tried the Mallory dual point distributer for the 1600cc
Ford? Probably for the old Pinto motor.

Fred T

[s2lola]

2 sets of points = twice the trouble, in my opinion.

cheers,
Bill Tebbutt

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Talmadge [mailto:***@***.***
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:27 PM
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Has anyone tried the Mallory dual point distributer for the 1600cc
Ford? Probably for the old Pinto motor.

Fred T











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[dlbarnes1]

I've used the Mallory dual point distributor (for Pinto 1600) for years. It's adaptable to the twin cam using the Pinto clamping ring (from a dismantling yard). It's simple, quality equipment with adjustable advance. Use the Mallory coil and ballast resister.
Check with Century Performance, Reno, NV.
Dave, 72 Sprint DHC

----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Talmadge
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LotusElan.net] Re: Ignition Woes


Has anyone tried the Mallory dual point distributer for the 1600cc
Ford? Probably for the old Pinto motor.

Fred T

[type26owner]

Installed another new brand X rotor in the distributor and got less
then 30 minutes driving time in before it failed and the car sputtered
to a stop and would not restart. This time I had a new brand Y rotor
(Lucas DRB101C) with higher dielectric strength supposedly to install
along side the road and it refired immediately and I drove off merrily
to work. Called the brand X vendor to report the problems I've been
having and they claimed I'm the only one experiencing these problems.
Going to send the garbage rotors back to them along with a
recommendation they install them in their personal cars. I've been
told otherwise from a different single source that some folks in the
vintage racing circles are being burned by these defective rotors too.
Beware!

[richboyd]

Name names, please. What brand is brand X?

At 02:21 PM 6/17/2003 +0000, you wrote:

[gobw2]

well, that's nice, but who is the brand X we should avoid? George

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:21:05 -0000 "type26owner" <***@***.***>
writes:
Installed another new brand X rotor in the distributor and got less
then 30 minutes driving time in before it failed and the car sputtered
to a stop and would not restart. This time I had a new brand Y rotor
(Lucas DRB101C) with higher dielectric strength supposedly to install
along side the road and it refired immediately and I drove off merrily
to work. Called the brand X vendor to report the problems I've been
having and they claimed I'm the only one experiencing these problems.
Going to send the garbage rotors back to them along with a
recommendation they install them in their personal cars. I've been
told otherwise from a different single source that some folks in the
vintage racing circles are being burned by these defective rotors too.
Beware!

[type26owner]

brand X rotor = #007M 7007 $3.29
--- In ***@***.***, "type26owner" <kdfranck@p...> wrote: