What's Missing?

[Niedhogg]

Went to change out the cap and rotor today, and here's what I found, or didn't find..
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One of the weights also seems to be stuck, do I need a whole new dizzy? Options, and a parts list of what's missing would help me a bunch! I would like to keep it stock.

 

[BusaDave9]

Your rotor is missing! No, you must have removed that.

Your pickup assembly is missing! No you must have removed that.

You have points but they are missing! No

Okay, I give up, what's missing?

 

[tarry99]

Went to change out the cap and rotor today, and here's what I found, or didn't find..
View attachment 10919

One of the weights also seems to be stuck, do I need a whole new dizzy? Options, and a parts list of what's missing would help me a bunch! I would like to keep it stock.

Neidhogg,
Officially that's called a breaker plate , a thin metal plate that mounts the points. No points no Run!

 

[Niedhogg]

Your rotor is missing! No, you must have removed that.

Your pickup assembly is missing! No you must have removed that.

You have points but they are missing! No

Okay, I give up, what's missing?

Haha! The only thing I removed, was the distributor cap!

Neidhogg,
Officially that's called a breaker plate , a thin metal plate that mounts the points. No points no Run!

Well I need to do something here... do I get a whole new distributor, or can I refurbish this thing? If I refurbish, all I'm going to get is the replacement parts.. I won't get any of the hardware to fasten it all in...

 

[BusaDave9]

Oh so this was non-running. I would get a replacement distributor. My '79 has electronic ignition but my weights look different. I have a V8 but you should still have a Motorcraft dizzy. You didn't have points, did you?

 

[Niedhogg]

Oh so this was non-running. I would get a replacement distributor. My '79 has electronic ignition but my weights look different. I have a V8 but you should still have a Motorcraft dizzy. You didn't have points, did you?

Yep, going in blind.. it was supposed to run, PO says he had just replaced all the guts in there a couple yrs ago, before he parked it in his buddy's pasture.. it appears that it's all been swiped.

I don't know, I think it did have points.. there is no module like on my V8 CJ7 ..