Vacuum Advance unit

Posted by Bowman Davis On 2009/10/26 10:00:18

I finally got around to it and pulled my distributor out of the 56 Pat. The vacuum unit works and advances the breaker per the specs in the manual, but, it does not hold the vacuum and begins to leak down right away. Are the delco remy units still available and if so where. My local NAPA guy says he has one that should work but is not a DR unit.
#2 Is there a way to test the centifigal advance off the car without the distributor testing machine. I know the centrifigal advance works but I don't know if it's working per specs in the manual.

#3 ? What is best choice to lubricate the breaker plate. I read on another site that a siicone base is best, but,I have noticed that silicone based lubricants tend to become sticky and seem to lose it's slippery properties after not too long a period, which seems to rule it out for such use.