F head dist. question

Ok, here goes. Would somebody be kind enough to show me a picture of their dist. with the points and condenser intact please. When I got my 68 CJ5 it was missing the condenser and I'm not sure exactly how it's hooked up. My (junk) Haynes manuel :evil: is pretty vague to say the least. Thank you in advance.

 

I believe the condenser wire should attach to the small wire coming from the coil and the condenser itself should just clamp down somewhere out of the way.

 

When I had a condensor it was mounted on the block. Don't need one with the Pertronix.

 

The condenser I got from the local parts store doesn't have a "wire" it's a copper band folded onto itself. I'm wondering if maybe the condenser itself is incorrect for my application. :?

 

No thats the right one,I just helped my brother in law replace all that stuff on mine. Give me a few minutes and I'll go snap a few pic's for you

 

The strap is connected to the points. There should be a small space for the condenser to be mounted.

Normally there is a clamp that goes around the condenser and it is screwed to the base in the dist. So, if you are not sure where the condenser goes, look for the screw hole.

If the points are in the 2 o'clock position, the condenser should be in the 10 o'clock position.

The strap coming from the condenser should not touch ground. If it does, the jeep will not start.

The strap is just long enough to reach the place on the points where it should be connected.

good luck

kamel

 

for some reason I can't attach pic's??? I'll see if I can pm them to you if not shoot me an email mcbolantmr@comcast.net OK evidently the site will only host a cartain amount of pic's, I deleted a few for ya see if that helps

 

Thank you everyone for the advice and help. Especially Executioner for the pics. As soon as I saw the pics everything fell into place. Again, thank you all for your help.