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Originally Posted by 1930artdeco
Ok now that I have the distributor out, are there any indicators to look at to determine if it needs a rebuilt? There is up and down movement but I don't detect any side to side movement.
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What flavor Y-Block distributor is this? Somewhere in there around '57 they switched design quite a bit, and after this many trips around the Sun there's no telling which one might have been installed anyway. The reason I ask is because the earlier type uses a rotating ball-bearing points plate, and/or a reluctor part that are getting hard to find. The "comma" style centrifugal weights are available. The hardened steel pins on the comma weights will usually show heavy wear and need replacing, etc.
The thing about a distributor when running contact points hardly any sideplay or runout is really acceptable. The dwell will never really be stable. Depends how picky you are but the distributor is really important to getting a good sharp tune. Let us know what you have.