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frnkeore

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Re: New One on me
« Reply #30 on: October 10, 2024, 01:24:42 AM »
You could set it in a milling machine, indicate the hole and move off to your .005. Bore a new hole, to a convenient size, like .500 or the Ford FT size of .516 and bush it to the std size of .453. Then, turn the dist housing .010, to fit w/o binding.
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Re: New One on me
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2024, 08:28:52 AM »
Well finally, success! Distributor spins smoothly and the gear pattern looks decent. Moving the bottom pilot hole about .005 away from the camshaft, and about .004 shim out the camshaft thrust plate, along with some pattern  file work on the root of the distributor gear teeth. This block had a couple machining issues from the " getgo ", like the spot face for the side cross bolts was machined on the left side, but only one was machined on the right. ( that was a fairly easy fix). It needed the usual align hone of the mains, and machine the deck, to get it parallel to the mains,  the usual stuff.  So thanks for the Help, and thank you Frank for those drawings.
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Re: New One on me
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2024, 10:50:09 AM »
Your very welcome.
Frank

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Austin Healey Replica with 427 & 8.5 Cert