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Hoop · 09-08-2020, 06:24 AM

"Never understood the thought process that points are bad?"

Aside from concerns about the quality of reproduction points, there is an overwhelming belief that the simplest timing procedure on an early distributor is impossible ... and that it must be done on a machine ... and you have to send your distributor off somewhere to get it done.

Whether that's true or not, guys are discouraged by much of the advice even here on Ford Barn.

And, a lot of that "advice" is from guys who are simply repeating stuff they read here on FB and not from firsthand experience.

Overall, early V8 distributors are not well understood and the misconceptions rule people's thinking.

09-08-2020, 06:24 AM	#16
Hoop Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 1,137	Re: 1939 pickup new distributor "Never understood the thought process that points are bad?" Aside from concerns about the quality of reproduction points, there is an overwhelming belief that the simplest timing procedure on an early distributor is impossible ... and that it must be done on a machine ... and you have to send your distributor off somewhere to get it done. Whether that's true or not, guys are discouraged by much of the advice even here on Ford Barn. And, a lot of that "advice" is from guys who are simply repeating stuff they read here on FB and not from firsthand experience. Overall, early V8 distributors are not well understood and the misconceptions rule people's thinking. __________________ "Remember that when it comes to intelligence, half of all of us are below average."