Optispark test?

[Bonnewagon]

Thank's, that's good to know. I read all about when the pin is not seated the unit won't fit right and how some people think it's in and it isn't and then they crank the screws down tight with a wrench, forcing it on. That puts lateral pressure on the bearing and it fails quickly. In this case the pin was definitly in the right slot as I measured the housing both seated and not seated and used grease to see where the pin touched. I was able to tighten the housing down with just my fingers turning an allen socket, it took very little pressure to seat the unit. All I could see potentially wrong was that maybe the "cloverleaf" indents for the cam bolts were not as deep as on the MSD unit. I am just nervous as these things are so failure prone.

 

[Bonnewagon]

OK it's finally done. It fired right up, no problems so far. But here's the thing, I was afraid to start it as I had a bad feeling about the way the housing didn't sit flush with the timing cover ever so slightly. Kind of like when you are 2 hours from home and the wife says she can't remember if she shut the oven off. So I scoured the net all night until I found a pdf. of the ACCELL installation instructions. They actually had a photo of the tiny gap and said if your's looks like this STOP and correct it, as it is not in right. So I tore it down again and this time I got smart and put a dab of whiteout on the rotor bearing in line with the proper slot. Sure enough when you go to slide it on, the nose of the damn bearing catches the cam and turns it so you miss. So you have to allow for this and advance it a bit to compensate. Finally it snapped right into place nice and flush. Threw it all back together just in time for the starter to arrive, put that on, filled with coolant, crossed my fingers, and turned the key- VROOOOOM! Purred like a kitten, well maybe more like an alley cat since it's hopped up a bit, but it works fine. I even have 5" of vacuum showing on the distributor's vent tube Whew!

 

[pontiacgp]

awesome an d congrats.......now we have to find you that silver dash for your Lemans that you`ve been looking for..

 

[Bonnewagon]

I got one, Safariwagon found it at a yard and bought it for me and shipped it. Packed it like fine crystal he did, an outstanding job. Definitly is a different look.

 

[pontiacgp]

cool...I didn`t know you found one...I`ve been keeping my eyes open for one for you and never found one ...they are pretty scarce

 

[Bonnewagon]

Look at the dash this guy found, I'm drooling all over the keyboard.http://gbodyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23685&p=179206#p179206

 

[pontiacgp]

I saw that one and I think I may be hunting one down for myself. It sure looks nice