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35fordtn · 01-09-2020, 12:04 AM

I made a crude one a couple years ago for the heck of it and gave it to a friend.
I used a degree wheel that mounted to the housing and a home made needle onto a flathead adapter, light bulb some wire and a 9V battery.
I have pondered having the KRW fixture reproduced in a affordable form..

If you make one just remember the V-8's fire on 45 degrees, and these dual point distributors have ten degrees of overlap, thus you would strive for 22.5 degrees each side and 35 total. If you make one you will need to drill a hole for a pin or make a mark for the initial timing set mark. Likely you will have to borrow a KRW fixture to make that mark accurate.

01-09-2020, 12:04 AM	#7
35fordtn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: McMinnville, TN Posts: 2,327	Re: Can't find thread on distributor timing I made a crude one a couple years ago for the heck of it and gave it to a friend. I used a degree wheel that mounted to the housing and a home made needle onto a flathead adapter, light bulb some wire and a 9V battery. I have pondered having the KRW fixture reproduced in a affordable form.. If you make one just remember the V-8's fire on 45 degrees, and these dual point distributors have ten degrees of overlap, thus you would strive for 22.5 degrees each side and 35 total. If you make one you will need to drill a hole for a pin or make a mark for the initial timing set mark. Likely you will have to borrow a KRW fixture to make that mark accurate.