Originally Posted by
55 Tony
The R2R has the electronics buried down below, covered by what looks like an almost regular distributor. At the moment I don't recall if the trigger wires are accessible unless it all comes apart. I know about the polarity thing. I had changed the pickup in the old distributor, it's just a Ford part. MSD said the wires are a guess, 50/50 chance on getting them right. I started it up and it was backfiring and acting all crazy, swapped the wires and it ran good enough to set the timing. Back when I bought the ford pickup for it, msd would tell you what part to buy anywhere but now they are selling them again.