I've been running into all sorts of trouble trying to get the Pertronix unit to work in my car. I finally called them, and they said the rebuilt distributor won't work with the Ignitor. I tried to modify it to work anyway, to no avail. I finally gave up and bought a new Pertronix Billet distributor (I've had problems with that Cardone unit since I got it. I think I ranted about the bad condenser years ago). So I put the new distributor in, and realized that I'm stupid: I forgot to clock the old one to the engine body. Once I put the old one in the new box, I lost the setting. So I had to go through the rigmarole of finding TDC and setting the distributor again. Once I did that, I realized I was stupid again: I was still getting no spark, because I hadn't plugged in the wires. I fixed that, and sprayed some starting fluid in the engine, and...
It coughed and sputtered off and on for about an hour, never quite running. I was working on filling the AOD as it ran bit by bit, but I was getting frustrated that it wouldn't stay running. Once the trans was finally holding fluid level, it was time to shift it to fill the rest of the passages, but I needed the engine running. When I did the underbody a couple years ago, I took the gas tank out. I decided I must have lost the prime on the fuel pump, so I poured some gas down the line to the carb, then fired it up again, and...
My Mustang sprang to life for the first time in years!!! I finished topping off the transmission, running it through the gears, but driving it was cut short by the weather (tornado warning followed by marble-sized hail), the need to set the AOD cable, and the fact that I'm not actually insured to drive the car yet.
then again the original Ivy Glow is pretty nice color especially out in the sun.
