The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network - View Single Post - 47-59 Smoking Ignition Wires….Exciting stuff!

mr48chev · 12-09-2023, 06:43 PM

The kit that he put in is very similar to the HEI conversions that GMC Bubba was doing on distributors. It's a reliable setup that works pretty well.

It's far from the first modified rig that someone who didn't know how it was set up caused and issue on because they made an assumption rather than researching out what they were looking at and that research could have been a call to the owner "hey, how have you got this ignition setup on this thing".

A lot of these old trucks including mine have had too many quick fixes done on them over the years that end up causing problems because we didn't want to or think that we had the time to do it right the first time. Then those fixes cause issues such as electrical fires or someone undoes your fix because they think "that's not the way it should be" and don't study the whole picture to figure out the Why it was done that way.

12-09-2023, 06:43 PM	#25
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,365	Re: Smoking Ignition Wires….Exciting stuff! The kit that he put in is very similar to the HEI conversions that GMC Bubba was doing on distributors. It's a reliable setup that works pretty well. It's far from the first modified rig that someone who didn't know how it was set up caused and issue on because they made an assumption rather than researching out what they were looking at and that research could have been a call to the owner "hey, how have you got this ignition setup on this thing". A lot of these old trucks including mine have had too many quick fixes done on them over the years that end up causing problems because we didn't want to or think that we had the time to do it right the first time. Then those fixes cause issues such as electrical fires or someone undoes your fix because they think "that's not the way it should be" and don't study the whole picture to figure out the Why it was done that way. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.