Allis G distributer whoes

David R Inman · Jan 13, 2021

We have two Allis G’s, but this week Dad has had
issues with what I’ll call #1. Drove it out of barn on
Sat, and by Monday it wouldn’t run. After a through
process of elimination, swapping parts between #1
& #2, only way he got #1 to run was with the
distributor from #2. BUT #2 will run with the
distributor from #1.
Don’t really matter as there both running, but don’t
make much sense, any ideas?

Ted in NE-OH · Jan 13, 2021

Many times the points will corrode just sitting around. Scrape both surfaces of the points.

Jim.ME · Jan 13, 2021

if the only thing done was a swap, possibly corrosion/oxidization was enough to cause loss of ground between the distributor and block in #1. The corrosion would have been disturbed by swapping the distributors around and the ground would have been re-established. Just a thought.

old · Jan 13, 2021

As Jim said lose of ground in the distributor so swapping them moved things and cleaned things a bit

Allis G distributer whoes

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