@@davewm9589 I had to look up that word! So the fake points right? Is it just to put tension on the shaft to keep it from bouncing around so the pick up is more accurate/ not floating around??????? I am working on this for a friend and he really loves his 78 280z. I did notice more than a few degrees of fluctuating off idle. We may not be talking about the same thing but the fake points really confused me so I just put a dot of grease in it and left it alone we have been cleaning connections and working on the entire car for a long time.
@@chriscalderin6677 Thats my guess, the forces imposed on the distributor shaft by moving past the coil (magnetic) left un compensated would induce vibrations that over time could stress the bearing surface (which is just a bushing). I suppose the engineers were just thinking ultimate reliability of a new tech (no points).
What is the points that is not actually points ???????
i seem to have the same distributor. what is the plate with the indicator point supposed to do?
I am curious as well
@@chriscalderin6677 anti-hysterisis I think.
@@davewm9589 I had to look up that word! So the fake points right? Is it just to put tension on the shaft to keep it from bouncing around so the pick up is more accurate/ not floating around??????? I am working on this for a friend and he really loves his 78 280z. I did notice more than a few degrees of fluctuating off idle. We may not be talking about the same thing but the fake points really confused me so I just put a dot of grease in it and left it alone we have been cleaning connections and working on the entire car for a long time.
@@chriscalderin6677 Thats my guess, the forces imposed on the distributor shaft by moving past the coil (magnetic) left un compensated would induce vibrations that over time could stress the bearing surface (which is just a bushing). I suppose the engineers were just thinking ultimate reliability of a new tech (no points).