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Originally Posted by Robert/Texas
Post #21 mentions putting everything together without the gaskets. I'm not sure that I would agree with this. When the distributor quit on my '37 Ford I found that thin paper gaskets were used between the caps. I noticed that the wire bales were not real tight. Both inner and outer caps showed slippage and the nibs were damaged. With new caps and cork gaskets the bales go on tight. I believe that the previous owner assembled the distributor this way. I put about 3200 miles on the car until this happened. Perhaps the gaskets could be eliminated if the bales were bent some way.
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I bend my bails so they fit tight. I do not drive my cars in the rain ans simply dont run the gaskets. Just a personal preference. Nothing wrong with running them