Seeking troubleshooting experience

Well, for those watching- I believe I may have found the source of my multiple mis-firing.
I got the radiator out, removed the distributor and started looking...One set of points looked pretty typical and was something you could touch-up with emery cloth. But the OTHER set of points had some very lousy tips. Pits, bulges and crust were all you could see. I call them burnt up.
So, if one set is burnt up, wouldn't that lead to a mis-firing engine?

FYI, me and points are not gonna do this dance again. I talked to a tech at Pertronix and he gave me the ignitor part number for my Mallory Dist and I will be running a Pertronix unit.
 
You may have 2 bad coils. OF course, that is what the Pertronix person would tell you to do.
I have points in all my flatheads and have zero problems with any of them.
 
You can save yourself a lot of headaches if you take your distributor to Third Gen. and let them do their thing to it.
 
Ok, y’all. This post is meant for those who have been patiently waiting to find out how things worked out with my 34’s engine…so here we go.
What I changed:
New Pertronix Flame Thrower coil
New Pertronix Ignitor kit #ML-181; fits my Mallory Dist.
New Accel plug wires (yes, still yellow)
New Autolite plugs
New fuel pressure gauge –showing 3lbs on the nose
Radiator was repaired and pressure tested.
2 new lower radiator hoses lubed with NAPA Sil-Glyde

The verdict?
It runs like a dream without ANY sign of missing AT ALL.
Idles low and steady but still takes a foot in the carb without hesitation.

I call this a success!

Thanks to everyone who tossed their 2 cents in. I sure appreciate it.
Tom in TN
 
That is GR8 news. Now, I hope the Pertronix doesn't fail for you like some I know of have. No replacing simple parts here. When it quits, it is done .........
 
mfirth said:
That is GR8 news. Now, I hope the Pertronix doesn't fail for you like some I know of have. No replacing simple parts here. When it quits, it is done .........
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True, but out of 3 of my cars I installed them on- I have had no failures...as of yet. :-)
and to be honest I believe I could replace the Pertronix module without pulling the dist.
Could I do that with points...??? I kinda doubt it.
 
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