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Originally Posted by seansimpson
Hello,
My dad passed down his F250 truck from 1970 that just happens to have a pontiac 400 in it. He did not put it in there and believes it's out of a 68 firebird.
I'm having trouble getting the thing to start. Checked that it's getting plenty of gas from the 4 bbl carb, and I've tested the old coil (seemed to be good), but replaced it for good measure and still can't get the engine to come to life.
What I want to do next is try and identify what year/model distributor I have on there so that I can troubleshoot it a little better.
Can anyone help identify?
Here's pictures of the distributor:
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You can probably just make the assumption that it's the original 1968 distributor. You have a uniset points in there currently (no pun intended) and they simply might just be shot from sitting...You can put in a separate points and condenser, but then you'll have to hunt up one of those short screws. for the condenser bracket.