Nice job Doug!
There used to be an overseas OEM yellow front 24 volt marker available that a thick rubber gasket. It was just a matter of changing to a 12 volt bulb.
I grabbed some on Ebay some years back.
I haven't seen any available in recent years.
That would be a job for Onur. :hillbilly...
This is how it should look.:hillbilly:
That plug has a screw under it that removes the top of the shaft. Mine had tried brown grease as well.
This pic was before i watched JimC tweak it on his bench.
Yep
As OS mentioned, the key to healthy distributer is proper ventilation.
In my younger days I performed an uninformed pre internets hack job desmog on my 60.
About a year later I was driving home from work and it just shut off. I got towed home and trouble shooter no spark.
When I pulled cap...
Looks broke.
The end kind of presses on in the grooves. Yours is popped out.
Corrosion and wear maybe?
Pull the lock out by pulling the big U clip up against hatch.
Inspect and maybe put it back together with some epoxy to band aid it or get another lock.
Trying to remember off top of my head but it may go over to A/C idle up vacuum solenoid on fender.
Either way if you have nothing on there, it needs to be capped or it's a vacuum leak.
I have a cat and desmog. Truck runs like a top.
If you have done a proper desmog and still have a good tuned factory carb you should have no issues.
All bets are off with a Weber...:hillbilly: