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Source for Prestolite Advance Springs Printed From: CorrectCraftFan.com Category: Repairs and Maintenance Forum Name: Engine Repair Forum Discription: Engine problems and solutions URL: http://www.CorrectCraftFan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30637 Printed Date: October-08-2024 at 11:26pm Topic: Source for Prestolite Advance Springs Posted By: M3Fan Subject: Source for Prestolite Advance Springs Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 5:14pm Has anybody found a source? These distributors are no longer supported by Prestolite. I have a broken spring on my 1983 Prestolite distributor and would love to find a replacement source. For now, I just bent out another loop on the old spring and put it back on, and the curve seems to be perfect! Boat runs great but I'm guessing I am running on borrowed time with that old, re-bent spring. I have heard of people using springs from generic kits like this http://www.jegs.com/i/Accel/110/31042/10002/-1" rel="nofollow - Jeg's Kit with success. Any thoughts here? The kits all look the same and there are quite a few of them. Are spring lengths and diameters generally pretty standard on these? There appears to be one very light spring and one much heavier spring. The light one is what broke and is now being re-used. Here's what we're looking at (you can see the spring I bent and re-used sitting above the Edelbrock logo): ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com Replies: Posted By: TRBenj Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 6:42pm There was a guy last year on the MC forum who claimed to have gotten some Prestolite Springs from the factory (now absorbed by Mallory). Seems that info is either out of date or bogus! From June 2008: 81nautique wrote: Did a quick search on Summit Racing and although they don't have Prestolite there were several other kits including a Pertronics. I bet you could make one of those kits work.   Recurving is experimenting anyway so I'd be inclined to buy a kit and do some playing around until you get what you want.    Ive played with recurving a Mallory (Mallory sells a kit you could try) and its kind of a PITA. Or, throw a DUI on that thing and really wake it up. ------------- Posted By: Bri892001 Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 6:53pm http://www.nautiqueparts.com/distributorsprings.aspx" rel="nofollow - http://www.nautiqueparts.com/distributorsprings.aspx Posted By: Oletela Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 6:53pm http://www.nautiqueparts.com/distributorsprings.aspx" rel="nofollow - Springs Try nautique parts Posted By: Oletela Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 6:53pm Great minds think alike! Posted By: M3Fan Date Posted: July-08-2013 at 6:59pm NFW!!!! Thanks guys. ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com

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