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Old 05-11-2017, 08:06 PM   #1
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Default Helmet Dist setup

is there a good online source for info on setting up and installing a helmet distributor? Have a 59A that i would like to fire and it has has a Helmet for some reason
i have no experience with that hunk of iron.
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Old 05-11-2017, 08:35 PM   #2
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This may help: http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/f...str-timing.htm
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Default Re: Helmet Dist setup

it is aluminum. is there an "extra" spacer between the cam cover and the distributor?
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Old 05-11-2017, 08:38 PM   #4
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Default Re: Helmet Dist setup

There's this info @ vanpelts But you might want to have it gone through @ Bubba's.

Installation is pretty easy, just make certain the key is aligned properly before you tighten or else you'll break off one of the tabs and that in no-bueno.
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it is aluminum. is there an "extra" spacer between the cam cover and the distributor?
It is aluminum. I don't see a spacer between cover and distributor

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