Pertronix II and Autolite Distributor

[Red Richard]

I have a 68 F100 6 cyl with an Autolite distributor and want to install a Pertronix II Ignitor module but am unable to find the right Pertronix part number for an Autolite. Has any one a solution? Thanks, Red Richard

[craftsman]

You may have to call pertronix. What i have seen on jegs is that it will fit all except dual point distributors. I ordered mine ignitor straight from pertronix, but the ignotor 2 may be different.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Pertronix/751/91281/10002/-1#

[cdherman]

What do you mean by "Autolite" distributor?

For the 240/300 there were two basic designs of dizzies before Duraspark arrived.

One design, called a Loadomatic, has no centrifugal advance, and relies on a special valve in the carb, called a spark control valve. This was indeed coupled with an Autolite 1101 carb with the SCV.

There were 1101 carbs and Carter YF carbs that did not have the SCV. These were coupled to a dizzy with both vacumm and centrifugal advance.

The Loadomatic dizzy can be recognized in the following manner: The shaft (after you remove the rotor) is solid, in a sort of "D" shape. And, you cannot twist the shaft.

The Centrifugal/Vac (Dual advance) dizzy has a "C" shaped shaft, and if you twist the shaft/rotor, it will move about 15 degrees in one direction and then spring back. That's the springs in the mechanical advance.

If you download the Pertronix catalog and read carefully, you can find the right unit for your dizzy. The "D" and "C" descriptions are what they use in their catalog, at least a few years ago when I bought mine.

I have the dual advance (but had the loadomatic setup originally) and went with the Pertronix II and Flamethrower coil. Has served me well so far.......

[390F100]

I installed the pertronix on my 390 and the dang coil was bad right out of the box, I switched it back to points and put on an old coil and it fired right up. I'll take it back and swap it out for a new set and see what happens. It made me so mad though. oh well stuff happens!!!