Spare distributor/40B ?

[lotsagas4u]

Found a nice distributor recently, it is marked 40B on the shaft. I have a stock 36 engine that was recently rebuilt. I was thinking of using this as a spare. I have never had the 36 off the engine. Both coil mounts are the same/3 screw. I am not sure how its marked. Thoughts?

[BUBBAS IGNITION]

The 40B will make a great spare for the 36.

[Terry,OH]

36 used two different distributors. Is your car early or late production? My feeling is the late distributor is slightly better than the early style due to the ease of finding parts.

[lotsagas4u]

33/5 coupe as yours, 36 engine, early distributor, thanks

[Terry,OH]

Since this is not for a concourse correct car. I still like the flat top Ford coil and the late 36 distributor, they are a bit more unique since the design was only used for a half year. You can convert the interior parts for the 1941 style of weights and advance, that will give you slightly faster and maybe a little more advance. Have a flat top coil rebuilt by Skip. Very Nice.

[G.M.]

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My advise would to have whatever coil you are going to use rebuilt
by Skip, [email protected] All old Ford coils break down when
hot on hot days. I would also have him go over and set up your
distributor on his Ford~Heyer strobe machine to the original Ford
factory specs. Also send him a few condensers to hot test, these
can break down when hot also he does this at no charge. He only
charges $50.00 for the distributor if it is working one and
requires no major parts. If you have the coil, distributor and cond
all done and checked together it's like a heart transplant. This
assures they all work as a unit and other problems are easier to
trouble shoot. G.M.

[JM 35 Sedan]

My '35 fordor sedan is no trailer queen, I drive it everywhere I can, so carrying extra roadside repair parts is a must for me. I carry a completely rebuilt 40B distributor, and all the extra parts to rebuild a 40B on the side of the road if necessary, such as, sets of high quality points, condensers (checked and known to be good), rotors, inner & outer caps, plugs, plug wires, extra Skip Haney rewound coil, gaskets, balance resister, rubber boots, etc.