The service interval is every three months for point:
- lightly clean points
- check gap/dwell
- adjust if necessary (means checking timing)

Every twelve months, as per the service chart, change the points & condensor (new ones), inspect wires, cap & rotor, and inspect & adjust plugs.

Quote:Well, interestingly enough, this isn't always true. A Sydney based brake specialst [Better Breakes] ran an advertising campaign that suggested that in order to find out how your brakes were, to let someone else drive the car.

The general thrust of this is that as the brake pedal progressively got lower & lower as the brake linings wore in normal service, the driver was unaware of this as he /she became accutomed to the microscopicly lower position of the pedal with each application. It took another person to pick up the fact that the pedal was on the floor. Well, that was the theory & it was a long time ago.

I believe that the same thing can apply to engine state of tune, The timing can be off & the engine just a little harder to start & many would not realise it. It's only when it becomes a slug to drive & a real pain to start that many people realise that something is wrong.

I always checked my points with a dwell angle meter at 1000 miles after fitment of new points, then again at about the 3000 mile mark & about every 3000 miles after that untill i determined that replacement was waranted. The cycle was then started over again.
That engine never ever let me down.

Oh well, Different strokes. My car goes
Maybe we have just worked out why electronic dissies were invented. ( for people who dont check points) and all the other things are side benifits

You got it in one.

I think the best thing anybody could do to their A series, is to add electronic ignition.

Thanks guys, can I keep using the existing coil that I have or do I need to get a coil suited for the Elcetronic ignition?

You may continue to use the existing coil and ballast resistor.

Or, you can use the coil that came with the distributor (sometimes they have a ballast resistor, sometimes not, it depends on the specific controller box).

I am running a VG30 coil with my A series electronic dizzy and I am getting around 35-40Kv output. This coupled with NGK leads and Iridium plugs sets up some decent ignition. I never foul a plug anymore, even with a worn engine.

I am running a bosch elec dizzy with a gt40 coil works great

Ok I got the distributer today, I paid US$40 for it. Now I'm going to use the original coil until I can get an electronic iginition coil from a Sentra or a Cifero, but what I want to know is how to wire it to the distributer? Do I have to take out the Resister or leave it? and what other points should I take into consideration as I'm using back the same coil? Thanks.