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74' Plymouth Satellite, 318 engine...Does anybody know the type or name of the wire connector that fits the 1/4" brass button on top of the oil sensor? I have no idea what kind of connector it would recieve...looks like a levi jeans rivet.
I have a 1974 Plymouth Satellite, and I recently had to change one of the tail lights and one of the back up lights. The sockets were a little rusty, but I cleaned them out and replaced the bulbs (from water damage). After I replaced them, everything worked fine, until the next day, I noticed...
New hei distributor on a 74' 318 has never sounded better, no pinging but the numbers concern me.
Initial timing 19 btdc @ 800 idle w/no vac. (vac line plugged)
Total timing 35 @ 2800+rpms w/no vac.
No problems with acceleration.
1. Shouldn't initial be down around 8 - 12 btdc? what does...
Ok, I'm going crazy. I need to splice into, or jump the "switched" battery 12 V coming from the steering column harness key ignition. RED BROWN BLUE BLACK Are my narrowed down options. The pin goes red, red, orange (small wires), red, brown, blue, black, yellow. (large wires)
so, red is the hot...
So, can I use the hot lead that went to my coil, to fire my new HEI distributor?
Or do I need a new thicker gauge hot lead from my fuse box?
Anything else that would help also. Replaced 74' distributor on 318
Can somebody educate me. TDC is when #1 piston is at the very top of it's compression stroke, is that correct? Shouldnt this place the notch on my crank pulley at zero on the degree marks on my block? or at least near it? So, the distributor rotor, should also be facing the #1 terminal on the...