first distributor timing attempt

[30 A Ripper]

Fred,
It is the removable plastic body that is fitting loosely on the distributor itself. I could order a replacement from Brattons as Tom found them to be good tight reproductions.

I did get a Nu-Rex wench for timing but am a little hung up mentally having that loose fitting plastic body and being not able to get a consistant .025 for rotor/body gap. Also back in my day, points gap had to be established before timing.
So I'm confused about the Nu-Rex not saying anything about points timing.

Okay, now that I've read and reread this, maybe my best way is just forget the rotor gap since securing the body & cap with the straps actually sets the gap (my car did run previously), then set the points and then use Nu-Rex wench for the timing...This avoids waiting for a new body to arrive.

What do you guys think?

Dick