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37RAGTOPMAN

04-25-2010 @ 9:04 AM

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take the distrubuter off like supereal said,its not worth the trouble,and if not now but later on or on the road,and I do no think you can buy points for the MALLORY,
I had a NOS one for a different make car and could not find points, maybe I was looking in the wrong place,
as far a I can remember the genuine MALLORY CONDENSOR was made our of brass and was 3-4 times the size of a original FORD one,and was mounted on the outside of the distributer,this was on a 49-53 FORD,
test the coil for good spark , and also the ign wires
dissconnect one wire at a time, and see if you have blue spark,
I also would test the ignition wires by spraying a mist of water on the wires [ old windex bottle ] in the dark area in the garage with lights off and see if you see any arc'ing of the spark plug wires,this will cause a missfire also,,
if you have a FORD distributer rebuilt the right way with the FORD Coil rebuilt also, it will be good for 20,000 miles or more,look in the FORD V8 TIMES for people that have this rebulding service,
I had Skip rebuild a coil for me,
hope this helps,37RAGTOPMAN,

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04-24-2010 @ 10:56 AM

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We have removed more than one Mallory distributor from a flathead and replaced it with a stock unit. After extensive fiddling with the Mallory, we still couldn't get it to fire consistently. If you have access to a stock distributor, install it to eliminate the Mallory as a cause. I suspect that you will find the same as we did.

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04-24-2010 @ 9:45 AM

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I have a Mallory dual point dissy that came off of a 1935 sedan and the condenser is on the side of the housing. Randy

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04-24-2010 @ 8:07 AM

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I am not familiar with your Mallory distributor, so I can't tell you where the condenser is located.

A miss across the range of RPMs suggests something wrong with one or more cylinders.

To start off, remove one plug wire at a time to see if it makes a difference in how the car runs. If you find one or more that do not make a difference, that is the cylinder that is giving you the miss.

Check the spark going to that cylinder, check the spark plug gap and then perform a compression check.

Because this is a different problem, you should consider starting a new thread.

Tom

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04-24-2010 @ 1:49 AM

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I have a 36 engine in my 34 with a mallory aftermarkrt dissy fitted converted to twelve volt. Without wanting to sound too much like an idiot, do I have a condensor and where is it fitted. My engine also has a constant misfire up through the revs and while cruising.

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04-23-2010 @ 8:59 AM

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I agree, Tom, but for those of us stuck in the "dark ages", nothing seems to beat the accomplishment of laying hands on notes, pages, or other non-electronic sources. I still have some of my original "Craftsman" tools that are circa 1945. Now, if I could just turn the clock back and give my memory a kick in the you-know-what"!

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04-23-2010 @ 6:31 AM

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Super, that's why we have computers. When all we had were paper copies, we could have hundreds of them and never find one, now with the computer, we still have many copies and sometimes the search facility will find one.

Tom

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04-22-2010 @ 2:18 PM

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You are welcome. Better to have two charts than none. Many of us "over the hill" guys need more than one in the hope we can find it when we need it!

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04-22-2010 @ 9:55 AM

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Super, already have your chart from earlier post. Thanks for the encouraging remarks in regards to the rings seating. Thanks

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04-22-2010 @ 7:39 AM

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Compression may improve as the rings seat. Rings installed upside down usually don't affect compression, but do allow more oil to pass. I wouldn't worry about it. You can do a check for low vacuum with a gauge and a chart. I've attached a chart here.

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