Re: Checking fuel feed
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/8/21 9:15:12
I ALWAYS recommend removing the distributor to install points. Besides being more convenient and easier to accurately set the gap, it gives you the opportunity to check the shaft bushings, pull the breaker plate, examine & lubricate the centrifugal advance mechanism, etc. And on Autolites that use the ball bearing breaker plate, a great time to separate the plates, remove the bearing, clean and repack it with light grease like "Lubripate" or equivalent. Though there may be no difference is performance between the Delco and Autolite units, the design of the Autolite is more elegant.
Another advantage of removing the distributor is on the older models that don't use a preassembled point set. On these, proper practice is to examine the contact of the points, remembering that one is flat and the other slightly convex; the stationary point should be bent if necessary to insure that the contact of the convex point is centered on the other point surface. Also on these older type two-piece point sets it gives you the opportunity to adjust the point tension of the rubbing block against the cam.
PS - just to illustrate the foregoing, here's an excerpt from the distributor rebuilding section on Glenn's, IMO the very best auto manual for teaching general principals as well as theory and practice. Too bad they are relatively obscure, if you have one you are fortunate indeed.
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Another advantage of removing the distributor is on the older models that don't use a preassembled point set. On these, proper practice is to examine the contact of the points, remembering that one is flat and the other slightly convex; the stationary point should be bent if necessary to insure that the contact of the convex point is centered on the other point surface. Also on these older type two-piece point sets it gives you the opportunity to adjust the point tension of the rubbing block against the cam.
PS - just to illustrate the foregoing, here's an excerpt from the distributor rebuilding section on Glenn's, IMO the very best auto manual for teaching general principals as well as theory and practice. Too bad they are relatively obscure, if you have one you are fortunate indeed.
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