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Old 11-25-2019, 05:32 PM   #10
mike657894
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Default Re: spark off of the distributor.

the Distributor body is rust colored oiled dark and is probably not grounding. The gap is too large for the upper plate allowing movement of point gap. I will have to get a new body or new distributor. I just got back from the barn. I put a new end on the lower wire. I took out the points. They had a big grey burn spot on them I dug out the points that came with the car and filed on the cratered surface. Im doing this under a lighted magnifing glass. And then I see they have ford script on them. When did ford last make model A points? put them in and set them to 20 thousandths car starts right up. back out of barn go to take off and it stalls get out to redo the timing as I just timed it by looking at it and saying thats about 8 oclock. I was off a few degrees so I look at the gap and its gone!?!?!?! push on the upper plate and the gap moves between 0 and about .060.
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