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    Mystery parts! Need help with ID!

    Going through boxes of parts that came with a 71 Duster I bought. Got a couple I cannot identify. This car had cruise control, some could be related to that. There could also be some x-brand stuff mixed in, I found a Ford center cap in one box. Thanks for any help! This is the cruise control unit.
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    A friend hooked his coil up backwards...

    What would it fry, if anything? Trying to help him find out why he has weak spark from his coil and the car won't fire unless jumping the positive coil post to starter relay positive, which we only did once for about 2 seconds just to test. He has the battery in the trunk, and has hooked the...
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    Testing coil, ignition sytem and components?

    Need to test my coil first and ingnition system in general. First, how to test coil with a multimeter? What voltage should I be getting? My setup- (will post readings as I get them) Optima red top MSD 6AL Ballast bypassed MSD Blaster 2 coil Squareback 65amp alt Parts store voltage regulator...
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    Symptoms of a bad coil?

    Been trying to diagnose some issues and thought maybe it would be good info to post for others searching. Not going into my problems in this thread since I have listed them in another thread. Just hoping to come up with a good reference on the subject. Thanks!
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    Cleaning fouled sparkplugs?

    I just got a new carb, and put in 8 new plugs, short story is I fouled a couple running rich.... any safe way of rejuvinating a brand new fouled plug? I have been told both that some plugs don"t recover, and that they will be fine if you clean them up What's your experience?
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    Distibutor- best bang for the buck?

    MSD? Pertronix? Other? Running an old MP unit, and it may just be the weakest link. What's working for you?
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    Cutting a custom set of Spark Plug wires.

    It's been ten years or more since I have done it, and I have only done it once. I'm not too proud to say I learned a couple things the hard way. Thought it might be good to hear some tips and tricks for getting them pefect the first time around. Wires are not cheap, and I bet a lot of people are...
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    Dash harness replacement and upgrade.

    Found a wire burnt up through my whole harness. Yellow wire from bulkhead to headlight buzzer connector. Traced it back and someone had spliced it to the red wire leading to the tail lamp harness. Headlight switch connector was melted and found multiple shadetree splices and melted insulation...
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    Vacuum pump wiring question ?????

    Ok,I have a (GM)Delco vacuum pump,like SSB used to sell.The positive and negative I get.Trying to figure out where to wire in to the ignition so it only gets power when the key is on. So far I've tried wiring it to the top post on the starter relay...it comes on,shuts off,then comes back on...
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