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FE Power Forums => Non-FE Discussion Forum => Topic started by: cleandan on July 31, 2022, 09:08:13 AM
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Hello all, I am searching for a distributor rebuilder who knows and understands 1960's dual point versions.
There is a very good local builder here in MN (Advanced Distributor, LLC) but he will not rebuild a Ford distributor.
Others I have previously used are out of business due to retirement or health.
I know Fahron Rhodes (I spell this wrong usually) does, or did this work, but I have no good contact info anymore.
Do you fine folks have any good distributor restoration services you would recommend?
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Jim Woods.
jimwoods7@outlook.com
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Faron is on Facebook, but he’s going by the alias of “Dalton Roadhouse” over there. I took a screenshot of his contact info from his homepage.
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Thank you so far, very helpful.
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Not really a Ford distributor rather a Grant Spaulding for a FE. It's hard to find someone who will check it out so I called Jeff at Advanced Distributor. He said he hasn't worked on a G-S but would like to take a look at it. He did say no Ford distributors.
I talked with him about 3 weeks ago and have since picked up a G-S manual that discusses the setup and rebuild process.
Hope to send the manual and distributor to him this week.
Richard >>> FERoadster
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Not really a Ford distributor rather a Grant Spaulding for a FE. It's hard to find someone who will check it out so I called Jeff at Advanced Distributor. He said he hasn't worked on a G-S but would like to take a look at it. He did say no Ford distributors.
I talked with him about 3 weeks ago and have since picked up a G-S manual that discusses the setup and rebuild process.
Hope to send the manual and distributor to him this week.
Richard >>> FERoadster
Advanced Distributor is local to me and it was my first choice because I really like to use local talent if posible.
But Jeff clearly states he will not work on Ford distributors....which erases him from my option list unfortunately.
I do wonder why he has made such a choice.
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I don't know about distributors that well but Jeff said something to the effect that having the advance adjustment under the plate makes it difficult to adjust and is time consuming.
Maybe I mis-understood.
Richard
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I don't know about distributors that well but Jeff said something to the effect that having the advance adjustment under the plate makes it difficult to adjust and is time consuming.
Maybe I mis-understood.
Richard
Yes, this is true of the distributor type I am working with.
You have to take it apart in order to make certain advance adjustments.
Other distributors can be adjusted by removing the cap only, or inserting adjustment tools through "windows" in the distributor housing or cap and this is much easier.
With that said it is not too hard to make the adjustments on Ford distrbutors, it is just not as easy or quick as other types.
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Having been a Ford guy forever (my '34 five-window had a 59A in it with a distributor driven from a slot in the end of the camshaft) I've never thought much about the fairly simple amount of work that changing a spark curve takes. But then I got modern and let the ECU do all the work. A cable and a laptop will give you a complete map of what you can expect in the way of fuel delivery and spark characteristics and a whole bunch of other things. It's a whole new ball game guys. :)
KS