bigdougsoutho
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Hey guys I hope that someone can help get me pointed in the right direction. I have been trying to get all of the bugs worked out of my 67 Le Sabre for about a year now. I'm not trying to hot rod it or anything it's my daily driver. I recently have been having trouble with the ignition and timing. I pulled the OE breaker point distributor from my donor car and the cam gear? is worn down in the center where the rubbing block makes contact. This was also the case with my driver. I checked the gap (.016) of the points, set timing at 2 - 1/2 BTDC The car still is not running well, and I cannot get the dwell angle greater than about 23 without it running terribly worse. (the car ran great up until a few weeks ago when the engine developed a ping on light acceleration - tried running a couple tanks of different fuel as well.) I know that there are a few aftermarket types of ignition systems available, I am a retired carpenter - not a professional mechanic - so if anyone can offer some advice I would greatly appreciate it!