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It ended up being, wait for it..... Ballast resistor!!! It rained that day so I had my suspicions. I recently went with hei distributor so I didn't even need the damn thing. Jumpered it out and went fishing. Thanks guys...

I just got my truck(69' D200, 383BB) outta the shop getting the clutch replaced. On the way home it died on me. Truck would attempt to fire but would sputter out. Don't know how but I figured out that if I hold the key to the right of on position but not quite far enough to engage the starter, it wi...

And I did say from the beginning that I was clueless to all this pwrwgndrvr. But I am learning. And it was actually your brutal honesty on your last post that helped me figure it out. Thanks again...

Update, I'm now a master mechanic! Not really but I did fix it. Started over from scratch. Got #1 cylinder at TDC on compression stroke as before. Stabbed the distributor and started running spark plug wires starting with numero uno on the distributor which was the direction the rotor was facing. Wh...

Question, I know the #1 cylinder must be at top dead center and the rotor should be pointing at the cylinder but when I get the cylinder at top dead cylinder, the groove where you stab the distributor is facing the back of the motor. So the rotor is facing the firewall too. And if you turn it @ to w...

We used the old distributor for reference. It was about 5/8" difference. He made an adapter housing and shaft so he can run small block Mopar distributors in his 69 scout. He knows a lot more bout all this than me. He said the whole shaft is plenty strong and that the distributor shaft doesn't have ...

Does anybody know the difference in shaft length between the B and RB distributor? My brother gave me a hei for 440 and saw where some guys were cutting the shaft down to fit instead of paying $65 for the adapter. Said it takes like 15 minutes and he's a machinist so I'm sure he could do it. If not ...

OK here's the latest. The distributor is stamped with the original points type distributor. But the guts have been changed. The armature and pick up coil are outta who knows what. Nobody has seen it before and they can't find it either. We looked through all the big binders, tried cross referencing ...

My distributor looks a lot different on the inside than that one. Mine has a spider looking thing with eight arms instead of a reluctor. And I don't have the plate with the coil or magnet on it. Mine has a white donut shaped pick up coil with an arm that attaches to the vacuum advance. I looked and ...

I changed the ecu and ign coil this morning. Still nothing. I checked all wire connections and tightened all ground connections. Still nothing. I tried pulling a spark by holding the primary coil wire to the frame and I'm getting nothing. Does anybody know how much resistance the ballast resistor is...

I don't think it's the ballast resistor. The one I took out was still good. Just changed it to be sure. Its not wet, been really dry since the rain. Should be dried out by now, been a week or more. I didn't check the pick up cause I thought I had it fixed when I changed out the ign coil and it start...

It happened again. :banghead :banghead Drove fine for 5 minutes then started spitting and sputtering and eventually died. Haven't messed with it yet. Gotta tow it home first. Assuming its the coil again. What would cause it to pop the coil? Could it be the ignition control module? I was really happy...

Got her going, and just like they tell me at work, "that's what you get for thinking". I should of changed the cheapest part first. It ended up being the ignition coil after all. Thought I had that eliminated cause I had power to it and it ohm'd out in the correct range. But what I failed to check w...

Have I mentioned this truck is my daily driver? I gotta get it back on the road pronto...

Put the test light on there, nothing. Sick of all this trouble shooting. I have new stuff sitting waiting to install. Has anybody used a HEI dragonfire? Made by AIP electronics. Only $110 for the whole enchilada. Thinking serious bout buying one and do away with this old crap...

The ECU is actually a motor craft. Was like that when I got the truck. All right I'll try the test light and see what happens...

OK, today I replaced the ballast resistor, distributor cap and rotor. Still nothing. Checked the ignition coil, getting 12 volts to it. Also ohm'd it out and getting 1.7 ohms which is normal. I pulled a spark plug wire and had my wife turn over the motor with the wire directly on the manifold. No sp...

Will do wally, thanks all

Yeah I'm figuring that out. So where would be my next point of attack? New to all this...

I have 2 off my 69. They are more like big center caps. They are chrome with black stripes. I bought aluminum rims and don't need them. I'll sell you these 2 for $20 plus shipping...