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Had a look I have a prop shaft. Its still attached to the back axle under my spares camaro, should get a chance to remove it mid week. If you want it once I take it off the car you can arrange a courier to pick it up and its yours. I don't want anything for it but if you feel generous donate what yo...

I may have a prop.

One end is a clamped Universal Joint, pretty sure the other is splined.

Will hopefully be over at my storage unit tomorrow and will check.

They're heavy things for shipping and I up in Edinburgh

The connectors are positioned like a the letter T the connector which is the top bar is connected to the negative of the coil and the other is connected to the positive of the coil.

Thanks Chris.

I had a hunt round but could not find anything.

Called JV8 today and as usual he gave the answer.

Chris

Hi, its been a while since last on the forum as had to put V8 project on hold for a bit, but now I've got started again and plan to try and have car on the road by spring next year. I know it sounds like a long time but got a mini to finish restoring and just got my hands on 1972 Lotus Elan +2 droph...

Thanks will cal him later today

I do have a ballast resisitor probably the only bit I have not changed.

Will Paul be able to supply one?

Chris

Thanks, will check this later today.

Can you recommend a good Mallory dealer?

Will try this at the weekend.

Tacho does drop when revving hard

I have a MAllory Distributor, twin points etc

Bought a coilf from Rimmer Brothers told them I had a Mallory distributor and they sent me a lovely shiny coil that cost about £60.

Got new coil, leads, dist cap, points, condensor and plugs already still doing the problem.

Fuel filter clear, fuel coming through ok by the looks of it, tried 2 different elec pumps both new

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