Re: tranny swap, hell ride home from NJ

["Jeff Tarquinio" <tark_terra@domain.elided>]

Thanks John,
That explains everything, I had it Bass ackwards.
Both are then obviously of Holley decent.
---
Layda,
Tark
'77 Terra 345/T19/D20
   Survivor of '98 Scout Nationals
'80 Scout II 345/TF727/single speed tc
   Clean machine



On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:21:14   John A. Landry wrote:
>In a brilliant stroke of genius, "Jeff Tarquinio"
><tark_terra@domain.elided> blurted out:
>
>>How can I tell the difference?  It looks just like the Dist cap and rotor on my 77, and I thought it was a prestolite (Gold box), I  could be wrong on that also???
>
>Tark,
>
>It's really simple to tell which distributor you have.  The Holley
>distributors have the familiar terminals on the cap which are female... the
>plug wires go *into* the cap terminals.  The Prestolite distributors have a
>cap with terminals that are male... they look like the terminal on a spark
>plug.
>
>The Gold Box electronic ignition you refer in your 77 was originally a
>Holley product, *not* a Prestolite product.  The electronic ignition
>ignition for a Prestolite distributor is completely self contained within
>the distributor.  However, Prestolite did make plain contact point ignition
>systems in the same style distributor prior to introduction of the
>electronic unit.
>
>But amongst other things, the distributor cap is a quick dead giveaway as
>to which type distributor you have.
>
>Regards,
>
>John
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