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Bones71 
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 Topic: DistributerPosted: April-01-2014 at 9:47pm |
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How do I identify my distributer brand ? Prestolite or Mallory? I have a 89 SN with a 351 Windsor. It could be either right? It has two screws holding it down. Doesn't one brand have the clip down? I want to replace my points. Thanks for the help. No I don't want to convert to electronic. Tony.
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TRBenj
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Posted: April-01-2014 at 11:23pm |
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Post a picture. Your boat would have had a Prestolite screw down. Prestolite also made a clip down version that PCM used through ~87. Both use the same points kit, only the cap/rotors are different. I don't recall Pcm using Mallory past the mid 70's (when they were still Waukesha). That doesn't mean someone don't swap your original out though.
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Bones71
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Posted: April-01-2014 at 11:56pm |
  Here is a couple pics. Thanks Tim.
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TRBenj
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Posted: April-02-2014 at 12:16am |
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I'd guess it's the original (screw down Prestolite) but it's hard to be certain from those pics. The caps are a lot more distinctive between styles than the points base plate.
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Posted: April-02-2014 at 12:25am |
 This help? Thanks. |
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TRBenj
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Posted: April-02-2014 at 1:13am |
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Yeah, Prestolite screw down.
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Posted: April-02-2014 at 12:40pm |
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Glad you are keeping the points in it. That would be an 87 and newer distributor.
Make sure you keep the advance mechanism lubed up. I forget to do that sometimes and have had it create an erratic idle circumstance. They recommend a few drops of oil in that little sponge in the top of the shaft under the rotor. |
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Posted: April-07-2014 at 7:13pm |
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That 8 sided thingamabob is the cam right? Is it me, or does one side look a little worse for the wear:
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Posted: April-07-2014 at 8:43pm |
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It just looks like corrosion on the shoulder, it's the face of the cam that counts.
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