Rembrant Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Looks homemade. Maybe a resistor for the coil lead and the blue cylinder looks to have vacuum ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve83 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 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;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetesPonies Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 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;). Any chance that is part of Disneyland Smog? My '71 240 doesn't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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