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38 coupe · 07-02-2011, 08:28 AM

I rebuild my own, its not that hard. My dad used to owned an original Ford distributor machine and rebuilt the distributors for all the V8 club members in the area. He started checking and the machine set all the styles of front mount distributors the same way. Dad wrote down the point settings and sold the machine. My memory is that the driver's side points are set 0.013 loose, 0.014 tight, and the passenger side points are set 0.015 loose, 0.016 tight. The advance on the side runs well on stock engines at about 4° advanced. Back the vacuum brake out all the way and adjust it in as necessary to keep your engine from having spark knock.

07-02-2011, 08:28 AM	#13
38 coupe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,631	Re: who rebuilds distributors? I rebuild my own, its not that hard. My dad used to owned an original Ford distributor machine and rebuilt the distributors for all the V8 club members in the area. He started checking and the machine set all the styles of front mount distributors the same way. Dad wrote down the point settings and sold the machine. My memory is that the driver's side points are set 0.013 loose, 0.014 tight, and the passenger side points are set 0.015 loose, 0.016 tight. The advance on the side runs well on stock engines at about 4° advanced. Back the vacuum brake out all the way and adjust it in as necessary to keep your engine from having spark knock.