Fw: [Chrysler300] Engine trouble still - Part II - 65 300

["Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Engine trouble still - Part II - 65 300


>I forgot to suggest to disconnect vacuum advance line.  Quicker then 
>checking out distributor for broken or shorting wire that comes down from 
>negative side of your coil.
>
> Roger Schaaf
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Engine trouble still - Part II - 65 300
>
>
>> Ok, you guys are great! I've had lots of ideas thrown at me already and 
>> will
>> do some more investigation with all of the theories in mind. Just wanted 
>> to
>> be a little more clear on what I have done to date.
>>
>> The gas in the tank has been topped with fresh gas regularely over the
>> course of 4 years since I last drove the car. BTW - I drove it from San
>> Francisco to Vancouver without any problems whatsoever in 2001.
>>
>> I have replaced the coil, points (but not the condenser) as it is still
>> breaker point ignition, fuel pump, filter(s). I do have a good supply of
>> fuel to the carburator both from the tank and through the gravity feed
>> method. My rational for the separate fuel supply was to run fresh fuel
>> directly to the engine. The carb has been disassembled several times to
>> check the float levels and blow out all of the passages again to ensure
>> nothing is plugged. No water, no sludge, nothing abnormal.
>>
>> I will try replacing the coil with the old one just in case and I will 
>> pick
>> up a new condenser just in case. One thing I did notice that led me to
>> bypass the ballast resistor and to hotwire the ignition was that both
>> plastic connector covers at the ballast looked like they had been 
>> overheated
>> and melted slightly. I don't recall seeing that when I installed it 
>> months
>> ago. Maybe I'll get a new ballast resistor as well? Another thing though, 
>> my
>> other '65 300 had a condenser(?) or capacitor attached to the Neg side of
>> the coil and attached to the base of the coil bracket. This car never had
>> one when I got it. What is the purpose of that item?
>>
>> Thank you to all of you for all your great advice! Ryan Hill
>>
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