Update on the bucking Bronco

[Don Cavey]

Vacuum line is to vent ozone from the sealed ignitor. Critical even if not fording. Ozone eats plastic and bakelite so the cap will "dissolve" over time.

I can attest to that. I had a Mallory dual-point distributor in my '72 Plymouth Satellite. The plastic parts of the points would swell up, crystallize and just turn to powder.

Thanks Ron for that information.

[militarypotts]

Thanks for all the answers. As for the timing issue, I thought the same thing kwai. I never loosened the ignitor at all. Just removed cap and rotor. The Pertonix 161A was a perfect fit. Have yet to road test the truck, but I hope the results are as good as I've read about in prior posts on this subject. I don't expect miracles, but reliability would be awesome. Hope I'm not beating this subject to death here on the Zone, so I'll give it a rest and re-post when I get the truck out on the road. Thank again all.

[brute4c]

Always willing to help if I can...getting trucks in good running condition is one of our main goals...when you know more, post up!!

[militarypotts]

Thanks Jon, happy to report that I had the truck out last night and she ran wonderfully. No issues at all. I think a new coil would have done the trick, but I decided to install the Pertronics ignition system I purchased a couple of years ago. Installation was straight forward, and it was a perfect fit, with no alterations what so ever. Everything I've read about this system has been positive, I talked to a lot of cruise night people last night, and most of them have gone this route in their classic cars and trucks. All positive I might add. I like to keep things as stock as possible, but being hidden inside the ignitor, it doesn't bother me quite as much. Actually, what bothers me more is installing a Chinese coil into an American made beast. The coil I removed was installed on 7/29/2015. It lasted 23 months. In those 23 months I drove maybe 1000 miles. Wish I knew why they seem to burn up or fail so quickly.
I will do my hometown 4th of July parade Tuesday at 1:00pm. I have another in the morning at 10:00am, but I think I'll pass on that one. Parades are really hard on the truck and also the driver if it's warm outside.

[brute4c]

Wow...good news...LOVE IT!!

[militarypotts]

Wow...good news...LOVE IT!!

Thank you very much.

[Don Cavey]

Great news! I hope this is the end of that "No Restart" foolishness. It takes all of the fun out of driving the trucks. I hate to be uncertain of my situation too.

[militarypotts]

Thanks Don. I'm only doing my hometown 4th of July parade today. I have confidence in the truck, but still uneasy about a breakdown in the middle of the parade. I absolutely hate this feeling. Time behind the wheel will help ease it I suppose.
Happy 4th of July to you.

[Don Cavey]

Thanks, Happy Independence day to you and your family as well. I amin Australia right now so not much celebrating going on here!