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Rembrant
Gentlemen,

Anybody want to educate me and tell me what this little gadget is? It came with the 240 I just dragged home. Would have been on a 1970 F100.


1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

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1986F150Six
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Looks homemade. Maybe a resistor for the coil lead and the blue cylinder looks to have vacuum ports?
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Rembrant
1986F150Six wrote
Looks homemade. Maybe a resistor for the coil lead and the blue cylinder looks to have vacuum ports?
Found this below on Ebay. I guess they're not worth much...lol. Off to the scrap bin with it...

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/NOS-DISTRIBUTOR-VACUUM-ADVANCE-CONTROL-1968-FORD-CARS-WITH-240-ENGINE-68/372569838028?hash=item56bee491cc:g:ldQAAOSwZddb43hQ&vxp=mtr
1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

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Steve83
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The resistor is the ignition coil ballast - it has a VERY little value to someone restoring something old, but not on a DD.  It's better & more-reliable to swap to a modern electronic ignition.
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Rembrant
Steve83 wrote
The resistor is the ignition coil ballast - it has a VERY little value to someone restoring something old...
Understood Steve. I'll toss it out. I just like to check before doing so;).
1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

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PetesPonies
Any chance that is part of Disneyland Smog? My '71 240 doesn't have that.
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