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10-03-2017, 04:18 PM | #1 |
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Crab distributor ??
Dug through my pile of spares in Fairbanks so I could bring home a few things. This crab was one of them. My car has a helmet so I never really paid much attention to this but now that I have it home, I noticed the bail. Is this right or is it something someone made to hang it?
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10-03-2017, 05:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: Crab distributor ??
Fits, if you're using 1946-48 dist cap set up.
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10-03-2017, 05:21 PM | #3 |
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Re: Crab distributor ??
Yours is a post war version....'46 - '48....uses an ugly 2 piece cap. The bail traps the
inner and outer caps. Same dist used with the pre war crab dist cap. Crab cap uses individual clips. Charlie ny |
10-03-2017, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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I believe you would also use the rotor for the early crab, along with the cap and spring clips.
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10-03-2017, 06:52 PM | #5 |
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I did a little snooping and saw the crab with the individual clips. That's why I thought this was something someone did to hang it but the bail didn't exactly look homemade. Does anyone have a picture of what this looks like with the caps on?
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10-04-2017, 08:53 AM | #8 |
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Re: Crab distributor ??
Most seem to prefer the crab cap instead of the rabbitt ears one. Its takes a different rotor, two piece cap and the cap index is inside the housing instead of outside as well as the outer bail etc.
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10-04-2017, 12:44 PM | #10 |
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Re: Crab distributor ??
I like the look of a crab, but also really like the look of the rabbit ear cap set-up.
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10-04-2017, 02:13 PM | #11 |
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Just some more discussion, i got this from a customer saying the crab cap wouldnt fit????
. If ya look really close it never was machined for a crab cap with any external machining and the cap locating pin is internal only. I have had a few hundred of these in the shop and never seen one like it ???? |
10-05-2017, 12:05 AM | #12 |
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I think that the rabbit ear set up is FAR more difficult than any of the other V-8 distributors to install wires in. Compared to the helmet style (in which you have 4 wires in each cap), in the rabbit ears, which is only a little more roomy than a helmet outer cap, you have to cram 9 wires, (8 out to the plugs and 1 in from the coil.) The only thing that saved my bacon was the liberal application of WD-40 to the wires to be able to pull them through. The crab is almost as easy as the top mounted rotary distributer (1949 through 1953) because you have 9 plugs for the wires on the outside of the cap.
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10-05-2017, 12:58 AM | #13 |
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Heaven forbid the use of WD-40, it'll stir up a hornets nest around here!
I am in agreement that the later "rabbit ear cap is a PITA, albeit a bit more waterproof and neater installation than the crab cap. I have yet to hear anyone on here say they use electricians wire lube. We use it at work for wiring trailers and it makes quick work of an arduous task. |
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K Y Jelly works too....[makes quick work of an arduous task!]
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