Posted by WellWorn on September 28, 2014 at 08:26:44 from (75.194.241.245):
In Reply to: Distributor dilemma posted by WellWorn on September 22, 2014 at 21:37:00:
Thank you all for the information. I replied to this thread twice, but somehow neither post showed up here. :?:
As an update, I searched for "IH Delco distributor", and (one of yt's competetors - perhaps why the posts never got posted) has good pictures of both the IH and Delco. Mine appears to be a match to the IH, minus the cast-in part number. Even though my TC-39 is still missing so part lookups aren't easy, in the light of day, I saw an "IH 353900R1" on the inner dust cover, which made me a bit more certain. DSlater's info on the serial number on the base ring was the clincher.
As for it outlasting me, it has ~.012 wiggle (checked with an indicator) at the cam block, so unless I don't make it through the rest of the year (possible, but completely unexpected) I'll probably last a least a bit longer than it will. I just need to make room in the shop and make time to pick up the parts (or project) A a fellow is holding for me to get a spare distrib to keep the ol' girl running while I make time to fix one or the other.
Yes, I only posted the first 3 digits of what I remembered of the (ballpark) serial numbers, leaving the last three as "...". When it was questioned, I went out and wrote them down in full. According to the numbers, the engine looks to be about 18,000 units older than the rest of the tractor, or the seat was swapped, but that is even less likely. The Touch Control, torque tube and transmission all have "W" date codes, but the engine has a "T". It also has bad (and only functionally, not significantly structurally repaired) freeze cracks on left side of the block from before I owned it. It's on the list for replacement, when it no longer starts, runs, or holds (most of) it's oil and anti-freeze.
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