ignition pick up in the distributor

[griffnz]

I've got an intermittent problem with my Griffith 500...every now and then it misfires. seems to drop a cylinder, and stink of petrol. Turning off and restarting works (at least after a few goes). Had the car serviced yesterday and they thought they'd temporarily fixed it by closing the air gap in the ignition module...apparently they couldn't find anyone in New Zealand stocks a replacement part. Sadly on my way home misfire occured...

Before taking the plunge and buying a new ignition pick up does this sound the right fix? Also, any ideas on the best place to source one. it will need to be posted to NZ.

cheers

ps - my tech knowledge is somewhat limited..

[griffnz]

thanks all..I'll see what i can do the info provided!

[griffnz]

Got an new ignition module, and fitted that. Unfortunatley the problem not fixed, but I do now have a spare igntion module as per advice above! As next step I'll see if I can work out how to check the pick up wires as above....