Re: The saga continues - Sputtering, loss of power when accelerating
Regarding your post on the 27th. The points should last more than 2 months. Mine were burning up and leaving me stranded--then I checked voltage from the key to the coil. 12 volts.
Not good, and was destroying the points in about 3 months of daily driving (back when I had hair--- see my build journal). GM built these trucks with a "fusible link" -their term for a high resistance wire- that dropped the voltage to 6 entering the coil. The PO had replaced the wire, allowing 12 volts to the coil.
Chrysler (and others) use a ceramic resistor to drop the voltage. I used one I had on hand, and my points were not a problem again. Sure, they need to be checked, but they are pretty low maintenance.
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