Originally Posted By: Spazdog
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
A manager in a Honda dealership found the exact first car he ever owned a 76 Honda Civic Wagon. He put it in the shop for a tune up. The certified Honda mechanic had a problem. He set the timing right on the mark. Then he adjusted the points and the timing changed. He was completely stumped. He read the manual to find out what ignition points were and how to adjust the dwell but could not understand what was happening. The older parts manager had to go out into the shop and explain what was going on and how to fix the problem. Different times, different skills.
Honda still used points in 1976?!?! Wow. Just...wow.
That was about the time that AMC switched to that horrible Prestolite design. (they later switched to the good ol' Blue Grommet Motorcraft Duraspark)
GM had just switched over to HEI the year before.
Ford's Duraspark was only about 2 years old.
Chrysler's Electronic Spark control was only about 3 years old.
To be fair, Harley Davidson was the only American manufacturer still using points in 1976. But the other domestic manufacturers had just switched in 1976. I think by 1980, all Honda motorcycles had switched to CDI ignitions and I think all Honda cars had switched to electronic ignitions by 1978.
Honda used some of the same contact breaker points that Isuzu and Mitsubishi used. I remember selling them. Isuzu and Mitsubishi held onto points until the early '80s. You need points for your 1980 Chevrolet LUV? I got 'em but I do not have them in genuine AC Delco.
GM went to HEI in 1974. (My father in law's 1974 Trans Am has it.) Chrysler offered electronic ignition in, at the LATEST, 1972.
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
A manager in a Honda dealership found the exact first car he ever owned a 76 Honda Civic Wagon. He put it in the shop for a tune up. The certified Honda mechanic had a problem. He set the timing right on the mark. Then he adjusted the points and the timing changed. He was completely stumped. He read the manual to find out what ignition points were and how to adjust the dwell but could not understand what was happening. The older parts manager had to go out into the shop and explain what was going on and how to fix the problem. Different times, different skills.
Honda still used points in 1976?!?! Wow. Just...wow.
That was about the time that AMC switched to that horrible Prestolite design. (they later switched to the good ol' Blue Grommet Motorcraft Duraspark)
GM had just switched over to HEI the year before.
Ford's Duraspark was only about 2 years old.
Chrysler's Electronic Spark control was only about 3 years old.
To be fair, Harley Davidson was the only American manufacturer still using points in 1976. But the other domestic manufacturers had just switched in 1976. I think by 1980, all Honda motorcycles had switched to CDI ignitions and I think all Honda cars had switched to electronic ignitions by 1978.
Honda used some of the same contact breaker points that Isuzu and Mitsubishi used. I remember selling them. Isuzu and Mitsubishi held onto points until the early '80s. You need points for your 1980 Chevrolet LUV? I got 'em but I do not have them in genuine AC Delco.
GM went to HEI in 1974. (My father in law's 1974 Trans Am has it.) Chrysler offered electronic ignition in, at the LATEST, 1972.
