Hi Platebasher,

Is it a Stage One or a V8 converted Series III 109?. The reason I ask is if you are going to rebuild the front swivels you will be paying big dollars to source Stage One Swivels if you need them. They are unique to the Stage One.

As far as the ignition goes I have converted mine to electronic and have also fitted new coil to suit along with new Bosch leads. Definitely the way to go. I also run my 3.5 on gas and those motors love the stuff once the ignition is properly sorted.

Good luck but my advice would be to sort through the ignition and just change one variable at a time so you can isolate the problem or completely convert to electronic and replace the coil and leads.

Regards Warrick.