Distributor Oiler and Bushings.

[TinCup]

Occasionally when rebuilding a distributor I will run across the remnants of some type of wick in the side oiler chamber. No part exists in any catalogue I have seen nor have any of the online articles or seminars have mentioned it. I have seen it enough that it appears not to be just random. Has anyone else run into this before?

I also noticed when replacing the upper and lower bushings that the replacement that Snyder's sells is almost half the size of the original. Just for grins I ordered a set from Bratton's and they are the correct size. Now since I also had a set from Mike's which still had Snyder's tag on them I know the smaller set wasn't a one off. Other than money what do you suppose is the reason for the shorter bushing. While any distributor I build will outlive me regardless of the bushing I will get the correct replacements going forward.