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ldelinski · 08-03-2013, 04:22 PM

Gentlemen,
I'm still trying to get this truck started. I guess I need a battery. This one will barely turn the engine over w/o spark plugs after sitting two days after a full charge. It's got spark,
I'd like to pull the "Load-o-matic" distributor out and clean it. The bowl is full of rust and debris and I'd like to give it a fresh start. Looks like it's held down with a yoke and a bolt; but it's all smoothed over with Oklahoma clay and rust under there. Aside from the bolt, yoke, vacumn line and primary wire: is there anything else I need to be aware of? Maybe a drive gear or pin that'll fall off into the block, or a trick to remove and re-install it I need to know. The shaft seems to have very little wear/wobble. I assume the vacumn advance is toast. Any tricks to taking the whole thing apart?
I'm just looking for any advice on this, and hoping to avoid a bonehead mistake.
The entire engine and undercarriage of this beauty is coated in a baked on layer of red clay and sand. Many areas where I thought I was looking at the grainy side of an engine casting, turn out to be coated evenly with this smooth, almost ceramic, layer of clay, about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.
I'd like to clean all this off; but do it somewhere other than my driveway; so I gotta get rolling first.
So, any input on this distributor?
Thanks in advance for your time, knowledge, and patience.

Les Delinski

08-03-2013, 04:22 PM	#1
ldelinski Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 18	'52 Ford F-2 215 OHV Gentlemen, I'm still trying to get this truck started. I guess I need a battery. This one will barely turn the engine over w/o spark plugs after sitting two days after a full charge. It's got spark, I'd like to pull the "Load-o-matic" distributor out and clean it. The bowl is full of rust and debris and I'd like to give it a fresh start. Looks like it's held down with a yoke and a bolt; but it's all smoothed over with Oklahoma clay and rust under there. Aside from the bolt, yoke, vacumn line and primary wire: is there anything else I need to be aware of? Maybe a drive gear or pin that'll fall off into the block, or a trick to remove and re-install it I need to know. The shaft seems to have very little wear/wobble. I assume the vacumn advance is toast. Any tricks to taking the whole thing apart? I'm just looking for any advice on this, and hoping to avoid a bonehead mistake. The entire engine and undercarriage of this beauty is coated in a baked on layer of red clay and sand. Many areas where I thought I was looking at the grainy side of an engine casting, turn out to be coated evenly with this smooth, almost ceramic, layer of clay, about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. I'd like to clean all this off; but do it somewhere other than my driveway; so I gotta get rolling first. So, any input on this distributor? Thanks in advance for your time, knowledge, and patience. Les Delinski