Distributor / points help

[thebelvedereman]

It's alive !!!!! https://youtube.com/shorts/l8mmmDh5Qtk?feature=share

[Los_Control]

Is always a exciting time to see these engines come back to life after a long break.

Thanks for sharing!

[thebelvedereman]

It's alive part 2 

 

[desoto1939]

i hope you recorded the part number for the points, condensor, cap and rotor for future use and rebuilding.  I would order or look for spares for your dizzy since it is not listed in the regular Autolite catalog for our cars.

 

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[thebelvedereman]

32 minutes ago, desoto1939 said:

i hope you recorded the part number for the points, condensor, cap and rotor for future use and rebuilding.  I would order or look for spares for your dizzy since it is not listed in the regular Autolite catalog for our cars.

 

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

Apparently any points, cap, and rotor from a 1950 or newer Mopar Flathead will work, I ran the numbers and the motor is actually out of a 1957 DeSoto, but for some reason they converted everything back to 6 volt instead of leaving it 12-volt like the 57 DeSoto would have had, so it's got assorted parts from assorted 6-volt Mopars LOL they also left it negative ground even though they converted it back to 6 V, you would think it would be easier just to use the 12 volt starter, generator, coil, and stuff from the DeSoto motor and then just change the bulbs and stuff to make the car 12 volt, and I also don't know why they didn't just use all the 6 volt stuff from the 48, but whatever, at least I know what Parts I have now, and yes I wrote down all the part numbers even though I'm going to convert it to HEI and 12-volt

Edited December 10, 2021 by thebelvedereman

[thebelvedereman]

Little update, it was absolutely gorgeous today, until now LOL with the thunderstorms and stuff, anyway the car was still having a hard time starting, and I noticed it had pretty weak spark so I took the distributor back out and replaced the wire going from the distributor to the coil, the Old Wire was bare in a few spots and pretty beat up, I also replaced the wire going from the coil to the solenoid, and a few other bare wires, now she has a beautiful strong Spark, and starts right up with a tap of the key, and all the exhaust smoke cleared up from the oil that I dumped down the cylinders, can't believe how nice and smooth she runs, everything seems to work, the generator is charging, the water pump is flowing water and it runs nice and cool, clutch feels good , the only issue I'm having right now is the brakes are locked down pretty tight, they're not frozen but if you let the clutch out the car just stalls, but in reverse it rolls freely and backs up, so my next mission Monday or Tuesday after the rain stops is to back off the adjuster Wheels on the shoes and see if I can get the wheels to roll freely, I'll probably just end up pulling the drums just so I can see how the shoes and everything else inside looks , I hope I can find my big puller, I haven't used it in 3 or 4 years when I was still up in New Jersey

[greg g]

If your wire isn't flexible enough, it will hinder the breaker plate from its proper movement causing timing advance to be late or lower than spec.  Napa supposedly still has those wires in various lengths.. if not them try your tractor parts places.  Still lots of tractors running on points.

[thebelvedereman]

17 hours ago, greg g said:

If your wire isn't flexible enough, it will hinder the breaker plate from its proper movement causing timing advance to be late or lower than spec.  Napa supposedly still has those wires in various lengths.. if not them try your tractor parts places.  Still lots of tractors running on points.

I made sure I got a pretty flexible piece, and I also put enough extra in the distributor to move around without issue, thank you though, it's going to be replaced soon anyway with an HEI unit, I just wanted to make sure it ran good before I dumped a bunch of money into it