TBI on 1969 Ford 302

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I recently purchased a TBI setup on ebay. Its a bunch of parts from a
mid-80's GM vehicle with an adapter plate to fit the throttle body onto
the intake-- basically the same kit sold by Howell. The kit came with
an electronic distributor.

I removed the stock points-type distributor from the 1969 engine and
compared it with the new electronic one. The old one is Motorcraft,
the new one is Autolite. Both have the same part number, but the new
one has a larger gear on the end, so it wont fit.

Here's the problem-- The systems wants to "see" the new distributor in
order to run. I've tried wiring the points to the electronic
distributor's connection, but that didn't work. I'm thinking that I
should just swap the gears to put the smaller distributor gear from the
old dist. onto the new one. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[taz]

the gear on the dist. is different because the gear on the cam is
different...that said, if the gear fits i would think it should
work...one revolution is one revolution regardless of the gear ratio
you use to echieve it