fury distributor

First, I apoligize for the lengthy post.I have a '67 Fury with a '76 318 engine. When I put this engine in, I incorperated the electronic ignition into the car. Recently I had the module just fail suddenly leaving stalled at the roadside. I replaced the module with a Napa replacement. The car is now running fine except now sometimes when I try to start it, it turns over and over with out firing up until I release the key to the run position. It was doing this before and I discovered a poor connection at the ballast resistor. It did not do this again until recently when I replaced the module. I am almost ready to go to a tried and true points set up. I don't like the fact that these modules can just croak and strand you. Will a points distributor fit and operate in this engine? Thank you for any info.
John

yes a small block points distributor should drop right in.

here is the best thing i ever learned with a 67-72 points style car or a 73-93 doge truck.

I use a reman points dist from autozone for around 30 bux,I then use a pertronix ignitor I points conversion along with the pertronix chrome 40,000 volt coil.

i install per directions, red wire with keyed hot wire on + side of coil,black wire(green tach wire if you have it) to - side of coil.

put a jumper in to by-pass BR

I have never fooled with it again in 17 yrs.

i do the same thing on my mid 80s trucks and just got a conversion for the mallory duel points dist I have for the 440 truck.

on the mid 80s truck i remove the stock elect. ign stuff/ecu/elect dist..ect.

just drop in the points dist with conversion and 'Ride Daddy Ride'

nothing fancy and good up to 15,000 rpm,fast starts,hot spark

another good upgrade for the 67 is a modern solid state voltage regulator they seel now days to replace the old points style regulator.

going to the solid state electronic flashers for blinkers and emerg flasher helps a lot also.



when you went to the elect. dist with ecu did you change out the points style coil for a elect. style coil??

that may be the weak fire on start ups.

Thanks guys for the input. I do have a solid regulator and I think I used the original coil that was on the '76 motor. I like the idea of the Pertonix system and eliminating the resistor. It sounds like a worthwhile and easy to install upgrade.
John

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The car is now running fine except now sometimes when I try to start it, it turns over and over with out firing up until I release the key to the run position. It was doing this before and I discovered a poor connection at the ballast resistor. It did not do this again until recently when I replaced the module.

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5 pin ECU/4 terminal (dual) ballast or 4 pin ECU/2 terminal (single) ballast? I'd check for a loose/poor connection in the ign2 "crank" side from the key out to the ballast/coil and to the ECU (2 pins should be hot on a 5 pin ECU in crank). You can pull the yellow "ign" wire off of the starter relay to disable the starter during your tests to eliminate the noise distraction/running the batt down.