This was supposed to be a success story
It's not.
After an enjoyable day of tooling around on the 1800, installing my new Crane XR700 Fireball electronic ignition, I decided I would finally get around to posting a useful article here, describing what I went through and how others might get rid of their own car's points and condensors. After all, the ignition works great, and I'm really pleased with the results.
Heck, the tachometer (which I'd been warned would never be reliable again) even works like a dream — better than it did before the upgrade.
But that article will have to wait now. For today, I present a single picture, which I like to call, "What the hell just happened?"
Witness:
So I got a little wiser this weekend. And to anyone else contemplating a quick 20 minutes in the garage changing the oil: Unless you want to spend the next five hours cleaning oil out of every nook and cranny of your workspace, always check to make sure the old seal came off with the old oil filter before installing a new one.
Now I just feel dumb.
But stay tuned for the electronic ignition installation article. That actually turned out well.
July 27th, 2005 at 8:23 am
If you push it around real nice with a squeegy, you can call it sealant. If I had a garage, that’s what I’d do. Yeah.
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November 16th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I am planning to purchase the Crane XR700 to install in my `69 1800 and could use some help. I’ve seen the instructions online and they reference connecting the wiring to both the positive and negative sides of the coil. My coil only has one connection, negative. Do I need to get a new coil? Do I need to cut into the armored cable? Also wondering how to get the tach properly wired. Any help or pointers to sources of help are appreciated.
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February 10th, 2008 at 3:16 am
There are wireing diagrams specifically for coils with one connection included in the kit. I installed the same unit on my 122s. Same thing, one coil connection. Works fine.
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