cool!  I ended up using some "craft store" felt (Ford Red, of course) for the time being, but will yank that as soon as the "real thang" gets here...

still uncertain that all my bugs are out of this thing... broke down and bought a new vac advance unit from NAPA this week and will try it out in a few days...

thanks again for your interest and support!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Okay Mark, sorry about the delay, the Beaver is in transit!! Should have it in a few days. If anyone else want some just drop me a line be more than happy to send it out to fellow Yblockers. Sorry I couldn't get it to you sooner, I had saved up somemore but it was accidently thrown out at work before I got it.

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

-dist back together after clean up

-reinstalled on engine, along with fancy-pants chrome cover for coil (good for extra 5 hp, right??)

-engine STARTED!

-got on the road

-actual "acceleration"

-fairly smooth up to speed

-MADE IT BACK HOME!

-timing light on... actually have advance now as witnessed by moving timing mark as engine is revved up!!

Now the serious "tuning"!!

oh yeah, and application of warming blanket in preperation for our "big chill" of temps in the low 20's tonight!

... Houston, TX, remember... our weather is usually hot, hotter, hurricane(s), one week of 50 degrees in January, then back to hot!

thanks to all who have brought something to the table on this one; I appreciate it!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

thanks mark.. now i have something to tell my girlfriend next time she tries to drag me into a craft store

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

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Pressed beaver...

hum... are you sure he was in Longview, TEXAS!!??

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

A buddy of mine did a welding job down at Longview - and when he got back to Wyoming, he was sporting a new hat - which I referred to as felt.....and he told me it was made of "pressed Beaver"............

Glad you're getting the outfit back together - maybe the next drive you take will be a bit better than the first.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

got the last of the clean up done this p.m. and pieces back together... thank goodness for digital cameras... that is, when you remember to take pictures during the "tear down"...!

just need to get some ring terminals so I can hook this bad boy back up; decided to put the old vacuum advance unit back on... I did disassemble it, looked pretty good inside the vacuum input end... where the spring and "spacer" goes, so I just put it back together and back on the dist.

hope to put it back on the engine and try it out tomorrow...

also hoping to post success and perhaps a couple more pics of the unit back together and installed.

again, thanks to all who have contributed ideas, suggestions and cow hide!!  thats felt to you pilgrim!

thanks,Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Marv, responded to your PM before checking for the latest remarks to this thread; my response per the PM is still as written, although that may change when I try the new vacuum advance unit I just purchased tonight at O Reilly's...

will advise as soon as I get the new one and try it out... should be available in a couple of days according to the counter help at the store.

thanks, Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Here is a picture of the two distributor with the curved arm and straight arm. The points are also 180 deg different in the placement on the breaker plate

marv

Mark - Is the vacuum pot you've got ruined? As in leaking - or stuck solid? The hex nose of the later ones can usually be removed and the spring loading system of the diaphragm cleaned up.

This one has the dogleg - so I'm not sure the guts are the same...

The fiber tube at right sets the total length of travel - and the shims fit under the screw-on cap to set the preload on the spring (which fits over the fiber tube).

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona