i bought it as engine only.. i had to make the dizzy wire longer to reach.. its got brand new plugs ,points and new leads in it.. the littlwe barrel thing yo mean? i have a condencer on the dizzy and one for the coil.. do you think it maybe a condencer... the speedo doesnt jump so i dont think it would be the condencer on the dizzy.. or could it.. it has really got me baffled what it is... it always runs ruff when you drive it and flatspots after it starts having this problem. that device you are talkign about is the foamy thing? the resister.. that is ok.
you think it might be cause the timing might be jumping all the time from having the vecumn advance on one cylinder or is that normal for the 18rg/s i am not surei just got that thought in my head today.. you can see the vacumn advance knob moving in and out qwuickly do you think that might be the cause of the coil dieing al the time?