'46 Crab distributor/wire assy

[MGG]

Like JM 35 Sedan, I was intending to use the crab cap until I saw how close to the fan belt it placed some of the plug wires, so reluctantly I went back to the rabbit ear cap. This rabbit ear cap is to me by far the most difficult to work with because inside a cap which is only a little bigger that the older helmet caps (which had only four wires each), you have to cram 9 wires. To me this was a step backward in distributor design.

[RobR'35]

Were u using the wire conduits with the crab cap MGG?
I use the conduits with the crab type cap with no troubles at all with wires hitting the fan belt. I've water pumps in the heads tho. Maybe there is a difference....

[MGG]

I put on the crab cap and saw that some of the wires needed to make a very sharp bend to give me a comfortable distance from the fan belt, with or without the wire conduits. I did not try to install the conduits with the crab. It probably would have worked with the sharp bends but I liked the look of the rabbit ear setup better so I went back to it, also partially because that's what was original to the engine. My water pumps are the front block mounted style.