1969 Continental

[Ray Conroy]

Hi
anyone have any trouble with electronis on 69 Continental?

[MagicRat]

WOOO HOOO
Love those unit-body Contis!
I had a '67 coupe for 13 years........ never drove it much, I just liked looking at it.

So, what trouble are you having?

BTW it's a sedan, not a Mark III, right?

[Ray Conroy]

Originally Posted by MagicRat

WOOO HOOO
Love those unit-body Contis!
I had a '67 coupe for 13 years........ never drove it much, I just liked looking at it.

So, what trouble are you having?

BTW it's a sedan, not a Mark III, right?

hi, i got the timing done just before xmas which i thought was the problem but the car is just not running right, the timing is done exatcly as it it on the diagram i got from thread at xmas, but i still cant drive it becase i am afraid it willjust stop on me somewhere, i am got car week or so before xmas it drove fine for few days and now i cant bring it out,
if you knew anything i would be greatful.
ragards
Ray

[MagicRat]

These cars had a simple electro-mechanical ignition system which uses points and a condenser, which was pretty much standard for all cars up until about 35 years ago.

These systems were pretty high maintenance. About every 5000 - 10,000 miles, new points and condenser are required. One has to adjust the points 'gap' and set the 'dwell' when changing the parts. A feeler gauge and a dwell tachometer are required to do this.

Also these old ignition systems are far more susceptible to bad spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap and rotor than modern cars.

If the problem still exists after a new points and condensor are installed, replace all these other parts, unless they obviously look brand new.

For the wires, try to get 'solid core' wires. They are better for a points system.

The more modern carbon-filament wires are intended for high voltage electronic ignitions. They will work on a points ignition system but they bleed off lots of spark voltage, as a by-product of their radio-interference supression design.

[Ray Conroy]

cheers magicrat,
i will work on this over weekend and let you know how i get on,
thanks again
Ray