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Robert/Texas · 01-23-2023, 06:42 PM

Post #21 mentions putting everything together without the gaskets. I'm not sure that I would agree with this. When the distributor quit on my '37 Ford I found that thin paper gaskets were used between the caps. I noticed that the wire bales were not real tight. Both inner and outer caps showed slippage and the nibs were damaged. With new caps and cork gaskets the bales go on tight. I believe that the previous owner assembled the distributor this way. I put about 3200 miles on the car until this happened. Perhaps the gaskets could be eliminated if the bales were bent some way.

01-23-2023, 06:42 PM	#33
Robert/Texas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Burton, Texas Posts: 770	Re: Distributor outer cap gaskets on dome distributors Post #21 mentions putting everything together without the gaskets. I'm not sure that I would agree with this. When the distributor quit on my '37 Ford I found that thin paper gaskets were used between the caps. I noticed that the wire bales were not real tight. Both inner and outer caps showed slippage and the nibs were damaged. With new caps and cork gaskets the bales go on tight. I believe that the previous owner assembled the distributor this way. I put about 3200 miles on the car until this happened. Perhaps the gaskets could be eliminated if the bales were bent some way.