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When you&#8217re stuck with the Prestolite ignition Jeep used in 1976-1978, anything is better. Peter Smyth yanked the bogus sparker out of his 1978 Wagoneer with the AMC 401 and went to a points-style distributor. The 1974 model distributor fits right in and features a one-wire hookup, and, says Peter, it has never run so well since he swapped the distributor.
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 When you’re stuck with the Prestolite ignition Jeep used in 1976-1978, anything is better. Peter Smyth yanked the bogus sparker out of his 1978 Wagoneer with the AMC 401 and went to a points-style distributor. The 1974 model distributor fits right in and features a one-wire hookup, and, says Peter, it has never run so well since he swapped the distributor.  View Related Article

 

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