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"How did you guys get so smart?"

We made the same mistkes so many times we fugured out how to do it right - or at least some way that works.

I was finally able to find some good pictures of the M38A1 distributor cap. Yes, the spring fits down into the “hole” terminal of the coil and there is a bar in the cap that brings the spark over to...

The high voltage spark from the coil (the contacts in the center) get carried from those center contacts to the rotor by a bar in the distributor cap. With the cap off, there is no connection from...

"I have tried putting my light bulb meter on that center well"

Even if the coil and points were working perfectly, you would not see anything with the light. But,if you got a jolt that knocked you...

As a group, we take these topics and use them for an excuse to go do some studying on our own. Well, BMorgil gave me a research assignment so off I went.

As with just about anything on the ‘net,...

The M38A1 ignition system is a lot harder to work on than the civilian Jeep ignitions because it is sealed and waterproofed. In civilian ignitions, we can pull the high voltage lead out of the...

[QUOTE=Will Johnson;10447]

right now I can't seem to get the new distrubtor down the point where it end touches the slot in the oil pump - I am temped to take a rubber mallet tap the distrubutor...

You have a bunch of little jobs, don't let them overwhelm you.