Originally Posted by Dragsix
I have never had all that much trouble with points, and truth be told, some guys like to manicure the lawn, landscape, garden, me, I like a cup of coffee and a morning in the garage tinkering so tuning one of the 6 motors up, or performing a little ignition maintence is no trouble for me so a Petronix conversion is not really on my radar.

As for the handy dandy distributor tool, yep, nice thing to have in the tool box. They turn up often enough on eBay that you should be able to find one with a little patience.

Snapon is MD17

K-D Tools is 2025

Mac Tools is SC4
I'm going looking. Thanks again.
Steve


1953 Chevrolet 3100
261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done
In the DITY Gallery
Video of the 261 running

1964 GMC 1000
305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration