Having a running vehicle after SHTF
CHRYSLER:
Chrysler engines up to and including 1972 had points and condenser and in 1960 started using alternators.
They made a number of different engines.
V8’s
There was the “A” block 318 cu in old style, a rare 326 old style, the new style 273, 318, 340 and the 360. The “B” block started at 350, 361, 383 short and long stroke, 400, 413, 426 wedge and the 440. I purposely left out 426 Hemi because of its size and fuel consumption. The “A” engine’s distributors are the same but in the “B” engines the 350 to 400 are the same but the 413 to 440 the shaft is longer. The distributor goes in right or wrong. If it is wrong just take it out and turn it 180 degrees.
6 cylinder
There’s the 175 and the 225. Their shaft has a gear so you have to pay attention when taking it out and reinstalling it.
Chrysler's electronic ignition was used on all 1973 and '74 vehicles and on 1975 and newer vehicles that did not use Electronic Lean Burn, or Electronic Spark Control. Because Chrysler engineers chose to make the electronic ignition system a drop-in replacement when it was introduced, which makes very easy to adapt it to earlier vehicles or those later vehicles that did not originally use it. Which means you can go backwards just as easy. You will need a distributor with points and a fire wall mounted resistor (keeps the points from burning up to soon). The coil is already there.
The resistor is connected to the run side of the ignition switch then to the coil, there is also a wire that is connected from the start side of the ignition switch to the coil side of the resistor. On start up the resistor is bypassed and when the ignition is released it runs through the resistor.
Voltage regulator:
As with any model car/truck the alternator has diodes, some have an external voltage regulator and some have one built in. Which ever you have before SHTF they have to be protected from CME/EMP.
Also make sure the vehicle does not have an electric fuel pump.
