Re: 356 running rough and eating ignition points

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/3/17 11:10:04

Joe, in the bottom photo, loose bolts or not, it doesn't appear that the distributor body is even fully nested into the clamping ring. I don't know whether or not it can lead to burned points as such, but clearly a poorly grounded distributor can give just horrible performance. On the prewar senior engines Packard at one time even went so far as to recommend a grounding lead.