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January 17th, 2024, 05:49 PM

#41

olds 307 and 403

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Location: Melville, Saskatchewan

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We had the mechanical and vacuum advance on GM cars, G and B bodies till 86 up here. The varijet FWD also were non CCC.

January 17th, 2024, 06:04 PM

#42

joe_padavano

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Location: Northern VA

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Originally Posted by 69oldsguy

Parts books show an 87 G10 350 without fuel injection using the vacuum and mechanical advance distributor. Could the book be wrong? Sure it could. I don't want to get into a pissing contest with anyone Joe. My point is still that the testers faded away long before the distributors did indicating that distributors had become a throw away item.🍻

And yet, not a car. As for distributor testers fading away long before distributors, the fact that one obscure vehicle used one into the late 80s doesn't build a business case for retaining the capability to tune one. And let's be honest, nearly every assembly in the car had become disposable by then. Have you tried to buy starter rebuild parts from an auto parts store lately?

January 17th, 2024, 06:41 PM

#43

FStanley

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Join Date: Oct 2015

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_padavano

You already have a distributor machine. It's called your engine. Get a dial-back timing light and go to town. A vacuum pump lets you check the vacuum advance.

as usual Joe is correct!