Distributer
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
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Printed Date: November-17-2024 at 7:26pm
Topic: Distributer
Posted By: Bones71
Subject: Distributer
Date Posted: 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. ------------- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said 'Goodbye' |
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: April-01-2014 at 11:23pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Bones71
Date Posted: April-01-2014 at 11:56pm
  Here is a couple pics. Thanks Tim.------------- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said 'Goodbye' |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: April-02-2014 at 12:16am
| 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. |
Posted By: Bones71
Date Posted: April-02-2014 at 12:25am
 This help? Thanks. ------------- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said 'Goodbye' |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: April-02-2014 at 1:13am
| Yeah, Prestolite screw down. |
Posted By: phatsat67
Date 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. ------------- |
Posted By: Bri892001
Date Posted: April-07-2014 at 7:13pm
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 By: SNobsessed
Date 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. ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |