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Title: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Qikbbstang on May 23, 2016, 03:12:20 PM

my DuraSpark distributor would not last much more than a few thousand miles.    Granted when I bought the hyd roller cam, bronze gear and had a FE distributor guru set it up THAT was the hot ticket. What and where do I get another gear that will give me longer service life?......

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Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: blykins on May 23, 2016, 03:19:40 PM

Buy a Crane or Mallory steel gear.  Summit, Jegs, Survival Motorsports, Blair Patrick Racing, Lykins Motorsports, Ebay, your local crack dealer....easy to get. 

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: FElony on May 23, 2016, 03:31:20 PM

Quote from: blykins on May 23, 2016, 03:19:40 PM

your local crack dealer....easy to get.

bb will have the right gear within the hour.

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: My427stang on May 23, 2016, 08:01:35 PM

Quote from: blykins on May 23, 2016, 03:19:40 PM

Buy a Crane or Mallory steel gear.  Summit, Jegs, Survival Motorsports, Blair Patrick Racing, Lykins Motorsports, Ebay, your local crack dealer....easy to get.

Good advice

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Faron on May 23, 2016, 10:22:11 PM

Easy to buy , not as easy to install ( corectly )

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Qikbbstang on May 24, 2016, 07:32:47 AM

Faron since you did a whole lot more than just comment on my DuraSpark, I sent you a request for your advice on installing a steel gear in place of the bronze gear that you installed when you built my Duraspark that I can forward to my engine builder machinist.


Easy to buy , not as easy to install ( corectly )

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Faron on May 24, 2016, 08:34:39 AM

I sent you an E-mail , and yes I did your Dist,  almost 6 years ago , however you supplied the gear just so we a clear  ;)

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Qikbbstang on May 24, 2016, 10:21:24 AM

Hot Dog I got the time frame of about 5 years right.... I agree you had absolutely no part in my decision to run Bronze Gear.  I asked and was told on a forum THAT BRONZE is what I HAD to use with my hyd roller.
  All I can do is laugh/cry some of the classic screw ups from bad advice that have sunk my butt a few times. Pissed to hell I took advice that I had to run the bronze gear--- I had no idea they wear like hell and nobody ever warned me that it's near useless on a street car.
Decades ago I came across a Edelbrock Torker 289 Intake and a Edelbrock StreetMaster in a corner of a trans shop for $100/2 so I asked on the forum IF the FE StreetMaster was any good?... Someone stated the Edelbrock StreetMaster was useless junk on a FE so honest to God I passed on both intakes.............This adventure into the bronze gear is going to match that manifold fiasco.   In the back of my head I'm still very concerned if the pick-up in my Duraspark is going to be the right one for my complete Ford Motorsport Ignition Module/harness/coil package --- just Murphy's Law bothering me big-time that when I go to fire and it won't.... That SOB can lurk anywhere.
    Anyway since it looks to be a BFD to get my virgin DuraSpark correct. I figure why burden Horsepower by Hedrick in something they don't do everyday. Hopefully you still are doing distributors?
  Unfortunately your phone and shipping address details are at the shop w/dist.

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Faron on May 24, 2016, 10:41:41 AM

Faron Rhoads
PO Box 292
Freeburg Pa 17827

send the Dist , the gear and 20.00  to cover the return shipping and I'll put the gear on for you N/C , More than that I cant do later  :P

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Qikbbstang on May 25, 2016, 11:29:48 PM

Thank You Faron, I'm working on consolidating an order and will add a steel dist gear.

Title: Re: I have a Crane Hyd Roller and was told the Bronze dist drive gear installed on
Post by: Falcon67 on May 26, 2016, 10:59:13 AM

Just did this on my 351C, was able to heat the new (MSD) steel gear and tap it into place lining up with the existing roll pin hole.  Quite a trick LOL.  This was on an MSD distributor.  Gear ended up at the bottom end of the spec (3.996) and worked.  So far.