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#95679 05/22/2006 1:23 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 55 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 55 | Ok. Bit the bullet and bought the pricey little bugger. Follow instructions and installed. Cannot get spark. Now the details. 6-volt system, 235 engine, new battery, coil, starter, generator, regulator, Checked & cleaned all connections. New coil rates 1.7 amps, (1.5 amps required) Pertronix part number 1167P6. New rotor and distributor cap, cleaned inside the distributor really good. Man the truck looks good but I cannot get it to run. Tried the Pertronix help line/answering macine. They faxed the same instrictions that were in the box. Please can someone help?
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That he let his wife drive his truck to the grocery store.
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#95680 05/22/2006 1:35 PM | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 395 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 395 | if you have followed as per instructions and you have power to ing as per inst you should look at the new unit...doc | | |
#95681 05/22/2006 2:11 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | 1167P6 is for a positive ground 6v system. Might as well ask this: is your system positive or negative ground?
[I just checked a 1940 Shop Manual and it indicates a negative ground. This might be your problem.] | | |
#95682 05/22/2006 4:16 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 55 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 55 | The system is as per original, a Positive Ground System.
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That he let his wife drive his truck to the grocery store.
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#95683 05/22/2006 5:05 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | If it's a GMC, positive ground is correct; but all Chevies were negative ground. | | |
#95684 07/08/2006 5:15 AM | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 | hey 8thairforce ya I have a pertronix kit in my engine and it says you must have a 12 volt connection to make it work.I had to run a lead wire to the fuse box to get it to work,but it works great tho.My wire for the points couldnt be used cause it is not enough volts. wayne. | | |
#95685 07/08/2006 3:46 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | No need for a 12v connection if you have the 6v Pertronix kit (positive ground 6v kit or negative ground 6v kit).
I have used a 6v kit without any 12v power for over 2 years.
I also have a '54 pickup with 12v negative ground electrical system conversion and a Pertronix 12v kit. | | |
#95686 07/11/2006 2:11 AM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 49 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 49 | I had a problem like yours when I first put my Pertronix in. What I learned was that you have to retime the engine. Its not just a drop in and go. I also learned that I could not seat the part that goes down over the shaft. I had to raise it just a bit to get the hall effect and reluctor ligned up. Build yourself a little test light or buy one. Put one end to ground, the other to the distributor side of the coil and hand crank the engine. Make sure the light goes on and off six times per distributor revolution. At first (until I raised the reluctor a little) I only got two flashes. | | |
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