Update. All installed and working great! So, I have a couple of points on the install for others, based on my experience.
- Be sure to begin by documenting or photographing connections to the distributor, coil and ballast resistor. You’ll need to restore many of those, especially on the input side of the resistor.
- Be sure that the Pertronix magnetic collar is fully down on the distributor shaft. Pertronix says this is a partial interference fit and I thought mine was seated, but it wasn’t. This resulted with the rotor button sitting too high and contacting the distributor cap.
And BTW, the capacitor looking device !asked about earlier, that is grounded through a braided wire, actually connects to the positive side of the coil! (I recognized this from a photo I had taken.). Also, I used a new Igniter II coil in my installation, removing the connection from the ballast output to the coil.
Harry