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Old 07-02-2023, 07:10 PM   #1
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Default KR Wilson distributor fixture V-126

Scored one this morning and my wallet never left my pocket
Long story short, filling up the 32 pickup and got talking to a gentleman who was knowledgeable on flatheads. Told me he had a fixture for setting the distributor dwell and asked if I wanted it. Cleaned it up and will put it to work shortly.
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Old 07-02-2023, 07:20 PM   #2
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Scored one this morning and my wallet never left my pocket
Long story short, filling up the 32 pickup and got talking to a gentleman who was knowledgeable on flatheads. Told me he had a fixture for setting the distributor dwell and asked if I wanted it. Cleaned it up and will put it to work shortly.
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Scored one this morning and my wallet never left my pocket
Long story short, filling up the 32 pickup and got talking to a gentleman who was knowledgeable on flatheads. Told me he had a fixture for setting the distributor dwell and asked if I wanted it. Cleaned it up and will put it to work shortly.
Lucky duck! Been searching for one of those for quite a while.
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Old 07-02-2023, 07:56 PM   #4
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Lucky duck! Been searching for one of those for quite a while.
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Appears it has the adapter on top for the later distributor also.
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Old 07-03-2023, 09:19 AM   #6
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I have one just like it with the adapter,nice tool to go along with sun machine…
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Old 07-03-2023, 09:36 AM   #7
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I was fortunate to find one too, with instruction sheet. I enjoy setting up my distributors knowing that they are properly adjusted with this tool. Love it!
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So I must be missing something. I put a crab style distributor in it but it doesn’t seem to go down far enough to meet the, for lack of a better description, the wheel that turns on the fixture.
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So I must be missing something. I put a crab style distributor in it but it doesn’t seem to go down far enough to meet the, for lack of a better description, the wheel that turns on the fixture.
The 2-hole ring on top is an adapter to the 3-hole timing tool. It requires another adapter to extend the 2-hole shaft to the bottom of the tool. It looks like this. You can go to a similar fixture for sale last year on H.A.M.B. and see the adapter in the kit. The picture is from Speedway motors catalog. I don't know if would work on the KR Wilson tool or not.

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Scored one this morning and my wallet never left my pocket
Long story short, filling up the 32 pickup and got talking to a gentleman who was knowledgeable on flatheads. Told me he had a fixture for setting the distributor dwell and asked if I wanted it. Cleaned it up and will put it to work shortly.
I have one but never use it - I have a 'Bear" Gauge which is easier to use and allows you to set up both the left and right points with much more accuracy than the KRW unit
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I have one but never use it - I have a 'Bear" Gauge which is easier to use and allows you to set up both the left and right points with much more accuracy than the KRW unit
Picture, please...
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Default Re: KR Wilson distributor fixture V-126

Looking at that KR fixture someone has added two spacer plates ,that should take the crab then you remove them to do the Diver unit ,
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That looks like what I am missing
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Looking at that KR fixture someone has added two spacer plates ,that should take the crab then you remove them to do the Diver unit ,
There is only one plate which is the adapter for the crab. Problem is, the crab doesn’t sit low enough to engage the degree wheel. As someone else mentioned, I am missing a piece to make up the difference
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The 2-hole ring on top is an adapter to the 3-hole timing tool. It requires another adapter to extend the 2-hole shaft to the bottom of the tool. It looks like this. You can go to a similar fixture for sale last year on H.A.M.B. and see the adapter in the kit. The picture is from Speedway motors catalog. I don't know if would work on the KR Wilson tool or not.

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