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Hello All;
Speaking of worn out distributor shafts, and
bearings, on the later electronic ignition cars; a wobble can cause many of
the problems with an old mechanical ignition as well. The first thing that I
would check, before giving up on the old unit, is if the distributor shaft has a
wobble as it is the most serious, and expensive, problem that you are likely to
encounter. Everything else that could go wrong with a point system is relatively
cheap and easy to fix. The only downside is that the point system needs a
tune-up every year or so, but an old car needs a annual tune-up anyway so I
don't see the inconvience.
There are too many people that seem to condemn the
older technology without giving it a fair shake. It seems that their standard of
comparison is to take a system, such as the brakes, and compare an old and worn
one on a forty year old car to a brand new up to snuff system on a modern car.
Due to the fact that the modern car stops better and has disk brakes, some would
conclude that the forty year old car has poor stopping ability because it lacks
the same. So their first thought is to convert the old timer to disk brakes when
in reality all that the old timer needs is an overhaul of it's original
system.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel And other trim
parts.
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