Giant Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 While poking around under the hood I noticed the wire between the condenser and the coil was broken. Doesn't the 78 DL have breaker less ignition? How does the condenser affecthe ignition without points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Pretty sure a 78 dl would have had breaker points as standard. Maybe someone has upgraded to breakerless since then and not bothered to ditch the condenser. Have a look under the dizzy cap and see. That said if it is still breaker points then the engine would not run without the condenser connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I'm not sure. Electronic ignition started showing up in the early 1970's, Pop the cap and tell us what you find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Checked under the cap and it has points. The Haynes manual gave the impression that it would be breakerless, maybe some other model from that year. I did a little research on condensers and found that they basically keep the points from burning up from too high a current. Guess I should put a new one in before the points burn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yes, and replace the points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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