Originally Posted By Red 79
I had this same problem with a small block. I finally figured out that the pick-up in the MP distributor was heat sensitive. When it gets hot the magnetic pick-up looses ability to send signal to the coil and soon as it cools even a little it comes back to life and runs normal. I replaced it and never had a problem after that


I had exactly this problem, this week.

Brand new zero mile MP distributor, with a pick-up coil that fails open circuit when the car has been running 10-30 minutes.

RapidRobert, your PM box is full, BTW.

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