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Yes full Mallory distributor...I don't know I am tempted to just bypass the MSD and get a new distributor. Which distributor do you recommend?

ok thank you! So just to clarify, I should clean all ignition related electrical connections? The ignition switch as well? As you can tell, I am very much new to this.

Thank you for the link. I will check it out. As for as bypassing the MSD, is that simple to do?

that makes sense... but the car stalled several times winter nights where the temperature was 45 degrees. It does seem to happen on surface streets with stop and go traffic.

It's really random. I drove it for 45 minutes on the freeway and it didn't shut off. No symptoms at all. The MSD came with the car when I purchased and the previous owner doesn't know. I will check next time to see if the MSD and coil is hot after car shuts off and try the canned air trick. Thank you!

Hello and thank you for your response and useful information. When the car stalls, I can confirm that it is in gear. The tach drops to zero and doesn't move. No throttle response while in gear too. So it's a spark problem? I attached photos with the dist. cap off. Would the pertronix ignition module work with my distributor?

Hello, I am a proud new owner of a 1972 Datsun 240z. I have owned the vehicle for about 3 months now. I am fairly new to cars so my knowledge and experience is limited. I have been having an issue where the car will stall while driving, as if someone turned off the ignition and no throttle response. All the lights and electronics work. I try turning it back on but it will just crank. Maybe after 5-10 minutes, it will start back up and run smooth. When running, it is really smooth and responds very well. I don't think it's a fuel related issue. The lines are not clogged and last time it stalled, I had fuel in the bowls. I also checked the ignition coil and all the spark plugs and they get spark when the car is running. - Electronic fuel pump installed (removed oem mechanical fuel pump) - MSD 6A Ignition Box - Mallory Unilite Distributor - MSD Blaster 2 Ignition Coil (just put in recently) - New spark plugs - New battery I have attached photos of my engine bay. I have also attached videos of the car running. It is such an unsettling feeling and now I am too afraid to drive it. Any help would be appreciated! IMG_3517.MOVIMG_3518.MOVIMG_3519.MOV