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Esrjr · 10-02-2022, 06:45 PM

Trying to figure out the material that is in the condenser screw hole is?
Any body know?

chrs1961815 · 10-02-2022, 08:34 PM

There is a bakelite washer that prevents the condenser from shorting out and on the outside of that was originally a "plug" made of some kind of resin to keep water out. They sell a rubber plug that does the same thing now.

Esrjr · 10-02-2022, 09:09 PM

Thank you cris
I undstand the plug it is not exceptble in the fine point trying to find the original material that they used. Thank you again
Earl

mass A man · 10-02-2022, 11:48 PM

I believe the original plug used by Ford was beeswax. One can get this by purchasing candles made from beeswax. they don't drip wax when burning them I found out too.
I suppose you could pinch off a bit, heat it with your hand or hot water and form a plug with it.

Fullraceflathead · 10-05-2022, 01:48 AM

Toilet bowl rings typically are made from beeswax and are redly available at your local hardware store too.

katy · 10-05-2022, 09:15 AM

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Beeswax melts at approximately 145°F, so I suspect that Ford must have blended it w/something so that it wouldn't melt on a hot engine.

nkaminar · 10-05-2022, 12:25 PM

Here is a wax that melts at 260.

https://www.freemansupply.com/produc...ture-sheet-wax

10-02-2022, 06:45 PM	#1
Esrjr Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Chadds Ford Pa Posts: 73	Distributor Trying to figure out the material that is in the condenser screw hole is? Any body know?

10-02-2022, 08:34 PM	#2
chrs1961815 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Spring Grove, Illinois Posts: 1,371	Re: Distributor There is a bakelite washer that prevents the condenser from shorting out and on the outside of that was originally a "plug" made of some kind of resin to keep water out. They sell a rubber plug that does the same thing now. __________________ "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

10-02-2022, 09:09 PM	#3
Esrjr Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Chadds Ford Pa Posts: 73	Re: Distributor Thank you cris I undstand the plug it is not exceptble in the fine point trying to find the original material that they used. Thank you again Earl

10-02-2022, 11:48 PM	#4
mass A man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Danvers, Ma. Posts: 712	Re: Distributor I believe the original plug used by Ford was beeswax. One can get this by purchasing candles made from beeswax. they don't drip wax when burning them I found out too. I suppose you could pinch off a bit, heat it with your hand or hot water and form a plug with it.

10-05-2022, 01:48 AM	#5
Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,178	Re: Distributor Toilet bowl rings typically are made from beeswax and are redly available at your local hardware store too. __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask

10-05-2022, 09:15 AM	#6
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Distributor Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Beeswax melts at approximately 145°F, so I suspect that Ford must have blended it w/something so that it wouldn't melt on a hot engine. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

10-05-2022, 12:25 PM	#7
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,904	Re: Distributor Here is a wax that melts at 260. https://www.freemansupply.com/produc...ture-sheet-wax __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.