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65 sporty, yeah I considered that as possibly the balancer had slipped. I tried to make a bump stop tool from a drilled out spark plug and I didn’t make it quite long enough to reach the piston so out of frustration I gave that up. I tried using a slender screw driver but the angle of the plug...

65 sporty, I'm not getting any email response notifications from my post so sorry for the delay. The timing is 6 deg.

I'm not sure. It's not a high buck distributor so I assume it's not. I can probably fiddle around with an allen wrench and maybe tell or better yet call the supplier. I read an article that mentioned carb jetting can have an effect on how a distributor performs. Sounds reasonable since...

I tried both. Same results.

1969 F100 240ci engine with a new distributor. The engine runs best when the vacuum chamber is disconnected and vacuum line plugged. Would someone offer possible causes? The dwell and the timing is set per specs.. I can't figure this out. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, Russell

Volaredon, thanks for your input. Sounds logical. I’ve been out of commission so that’s why I’m late replying.

Thanks for your reply. I’ve been using 20w40 since it’s total rebuild approximately 5000 miles ago but was really curious about Ford’s recommendation. Thanks a lot, Russell

Would someone tell me what weight engine oil is in the original owners manual for the 1969 F100 6 cylinder 240 ci? Thanks, Russell

1969 240ci p/u. Can the pink resistor wire lose it’s resistance and still deliver full battery voltage or does it just break the circuit when it fails? I’ve got full voltage at the ignition coil with the ignition switch in the “run” position. Thanks

This is great information. As I understand it the LD/HD has to do with the rear axle and gross vehicle weight. I’m not sure what the specifics are though. Thanks very much for digging up this material. It’s a great help.

That would be great. Thanks

I put the new distributor in today. It’s the single advance vacuum chamber. No retard chamber. And connected to port vacuum. It seems to run fine now but I’m a little confused about the point gap I should be using. The gap is preset in the new distributor at .017. But everything I’ve been able...

Okay, that worked. I now know which is which. I tried using the manifold vacuum port, the carb. port below the throttle plate and the port above the plate all with the retard vacuum chamber on the distributor inactive. Results was varying degrees of rough running when connected to the advance...

Ahh, great idea. Thanks

Both of the vacuum ports on the carb are located at the base below the throttle plate but that doesn’t mean that they enter the carb throat at that point. I pulled a vacuum on the distributor vacuum chamber farthest from the distributor and the points plate assembly moved in the opposite...