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That sounds like a winning idea! I Had not considered adjusting the plug wire and assumed I had left out a spacer or something! Thank you!

Title pretty much says it all. I was wondering how welcome a thread intended to show the progress made on a particular vehicle would be.

I was thinking on this... maybe the "Port" is to add lube to the Breaker plate bearing.

Added a picture to help explain the problem. The White arrow is an "ear" cast into the block. The Red Arrow is a protrusion from the distributor, appears to be a tube with a spring loaded cap... Vacuum advance blow off mabye? And I havent checked the timing yet but car starts and the first crank and purrs.

I tracked the car back to a dealer in Michigan and they said the linkage needed work (As I recall they said "The Ball" was worn and "The spring" was weak) I took this with a grain of salt. When the weather clears up here I will take a closer look at the linkage. Thank you Both!

1946 Plymouth P-15 Flathead 6 with a three speed transmition. When I put the car in second gear, then let out the clutch, the gears grind. When I try to go to first while the car is moving it wont go into gear until the vehicle comes to a stop. Am I supposed to be double clutching? It is very odd that this happens, specifically, when I let the clutch out NOT while trying to put it in gear. Any and all help/advice is apritiated!

Thanks all for the advice! Its dark and rainy at the moment, I will get a look at it in the morning and let you all know what I find!

I saw an Add for a 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe (P-15) in reasonable condition. I managed to beat the heard of potential buyers to the guys door and bought it. It has a decent body, 95% present chrome, Tons of Surface rust, "Ran when Parked" 6 months ago. I tracked the car back to a dealer that had the car last year and they stated that it ran beautifully. From what I can put together, The guy that I bought the car from left the key on, Arcing the points together. Then Proceeded to crank the tar out of it until the starter fried. I am having the starter professionally rebuilt/ In the mean time I struggled with the points. I ended up pulling the distributor out. and found the Roller bearing for the breakerplate (!) was completely frozen. after a full rebuild on the distributor I put it back in the car. Only now the distributor cant be rotated to adjust timing as a protrusion on the distributor bumps up against the ear on the block directly above the distributor. I cant help but feel like I got something wrong. Any help, insight, or advice would be greatly appritiated! Dave