Re: advice on 1952 performance
Posted by HH56 On 2017/9/26 13:52:35
If you mean the internal cloth covered ground wire in the distributor is what was replaced just be aware that wire is a special very fine stranded ultra flexible wire. If you completely replaced it and used ordinary hookup type wire it will be too stiff. With the continued movement of the points plate caused by the vacuum advance the wire being very short will eventually fatigue and break. How eventually depends on if there is one point that takes the majority of the flexing.
If your distributor is the type where the advance rotates the entire distributor and the wire is external then there is a bit more leeway but the wire is still subject to breaking if there is any one place that takes the majority of the bending.
If you have a Napa store here are some different length offering they had available a few years ago. I know some but maybe not all are still available but would probably need to be ordered in. If no Napa stores in Hawaii the other stores should be able to cross with something comparable.
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If your distributor is the type where the advance rotates the entire distributor and the wire is external then there is a bit more leeway but the wire is still subject to breaking if there is any one place that takes the majority of the bending.
If you have a Napa store here are some different length offering they had available a few years ago. I know some but maybe not all are still available but would probably need to be ordered in. If no Napa stores in Hawaii the other stores should be able to cross with something comparable.
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