This is my distributor ready to go back into the engine. Thought you all might want a look-see.
I replaced the bushing with a new ($5) one from Dennis Carpenter. When I ordered the bushing I also ordered the insulator and contact bolt kit that connects the coil to the distributor.
The old ID tag had seen better days, so I made a new one out of some brass plate I had sitting around. I drilled and tapped the tag holes to accommodate 8-32 screws.
The collar that held the shaft in the housing was buggered up pretty bad so I made a new one out of the old bushing.
The original oil feed was missing and plugged up with dirt. I drilled and tapped the housing for a 3/8-16 bolt. I used a header bolt I had because the head is taller and accepts the zerk fitting better. I drilled and tapped the header bolt to take the ¼-28 zerk fitting. I topped the zerk off with a dust cap.
Before I assembled everything I put a little 30W oil in my grease gun and pumped the oil into that sintered bronze bushing to make sure my zerk fitting worked properly.
When I bought this tractor I got some parts from the PO and was pleasantly surprised to find a new cap, points and rotor from Car Quest made in the USA!
I lube the point block with die-electric grease, cleaned up the point plate and all the screws and installed the condenser and rotor.
I had to do a little clean up around the top edge of the housing so the dust cover would sit down in the lip at the top properly. It looked like the aluminum housing had been whacked a few times.
That’s it…… getting close to fire up.
I replaced the bushing with a new ($5) one from Dennis Carpenter. When I ordered the bushing I also ordered the insulator and contact bolt kit that connects the coil to the distributor.
The old ID tag had seen better days, so I made a new one out of some brass plate I had sitting around. I drilled and tapped the tag holes to accommodate 8-32 screws.
The collar that held the shaft in the housing was buggered up pretty bad so I made a new one out of the old bushing.
The original oil feed was missing and plugged up with dirt. I drilled and tapped the housing for a 3/8-16 bolt. I used a header bolt I had because the head is taller and accepts the zerk fitting better. I drilled and tapped the header bolt to take the ¼-28 zerk fitting. I topped the zerk off with a dust cap.
Before I assembled everything I put a little 30W oil in my grease gun and pumped the oil into that sintered bronze bushing to make sure my zerk fitting worked properly.
When I bought this tractor I got some parts from the PO and was pleasantly surprised to find a new cap, points and rotor from Car Quest made in the USA!
I lube the point block with die-electric grease, cleaned up the point plate and all the screws and installed the condenser and rotor.
I had to do a little clean up around the top edge of the housing so the dust cover would sit down in the lip at the top properly. It looked like the aluminum housing had been whacked a few times.
That’s it…… getting close to fire up.
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