Looking for some wisdom pertaining to a modified GM distributor for a 1950 Ford V8 8BA.
My original load a matic started giving me misses and I found concentricity and runout on the timing plate.
I picked up a modified GM dissy and dropped it in. Car runs but feels off especially at idle. I can hear what sound like rattling coming from this new dissy.
Using my timing light at idle, the dot is all over the place and not very stable. Under load it is not too bad but is just feels off a bit. I tried moving the timing before and after TDC and didn't have any good results. Best was at the dot and pin.
Pulled the new dissy and installed my loadamatic.
Below is a video of what I think might be the problem. I think the advance weights are worn and the springs are not correct for this application.
Does this one look right?
https://youtu.be/8lYxToCTK9Q