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Old 11-05-2019, 04:54 AM   #10
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Default Re: Rebuilding Early FORD V8 Distributor

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Originally Posted by Charlie ny View Post
I certainly agree with the pluses on this fine video. It is most informative for a first time builder. My preference as far as the bushing goes is to maintain a max of .001 clearance between the big diameter on the rotor shaft and bushing. In all but a few cases the big diameter on the rotor shaft is worn out of round and usually tapered at least .002. Yep I turn the big diam to 100% cleanup and install an undersize bushing in the housing.......I bore the bushing to fit the now straight and round rotor shaft big

dia. A side note here when I bore the bushing to size especially on crab distributors it is quite amazing how far off the concentricity is..
Charlie ny

Good deal Charlie!! You always seem do those little extra things to your distributor, carburator, and fuel pump rebuids that mean so much for the quality and reliability of your rebuilds.
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