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03-01-2015, 02:33 PM | #1 |
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Which would you use?
I am sitting here looking at snow falling outside AGAIN, and thinking of spring. I'll be swapping out my current distributor (with modern points and condenser on the upper plate) for a rebuilt one with the stock point system. I have the choice of two distributor body/caps. I have an old (but still in good shape) Ford script body/cap that I picked up at swap meet years ago. I also have a NORS brown body/cap which would add a little color to the engine compartment. So which do you think would be coolest?
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03-01-2015, 02:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Which would you use?
The brown one.
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03-01-2015, 03:06 PM | #3 |
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Re: Which would you use?
Why the brown one ?
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Re: Which would you use?
OK then, the black one...................
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03-01-2015, 03:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Which would you use?
Bakelite items in other fields are worth more when the item was in brown. Don't know about this though. I'd go with the black..............for looks.
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03-01-2015, 04:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Which would you use?
Now that is a sensible reply ! Thanks, Wayne
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03-01-2015, 04:45 PM | #8 |
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Re: Which would you use?
You mentioned a brown NOS one. Did Ford actually make a brown one?
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03-01-2015, 04:49 PM | #9 |
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Re: Which would you use?
English ones are brown
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03-01-2015, 05:01 PM | #10 |
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Re: Which would you use?
Ok, Neither of what you show are for your car.. The "Brown One" is a After Market Reproduction one.. The "Black One" has a After Market Script Base.. The Coil Wire Tower Top is "Original Ford", But only used in Early 1928..
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03-01-2015, 08:10 PM | #11 |
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03-01-2015, 08:43 PM | #13 |
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Re: Which would you use?
Do they make them in green?
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Re: Which would you use?
Check both with an ohm meter. I do not know what the reading should be to determine if it's good or not, but someone here on FB might know. Pick the one that works. I'm sure you'd rather drive your car rather than being stranded on the side of the road.
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Originals have only one notch to locate in the distributor base,
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03-02-2015, 12:01 AM | #18 |
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ohms should be zero
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Following up on that thought, checking across terminals with a megger (high voltage insulation resistance tester) is also helpful. I have found several beautiful original dizzy bodies that fail internally, reading only a few thousand ohms, when I set my megger on 1KV. Checked with a standard battery powered ohmmeter they appeared fine, reading infinity between terminals.
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