Do you service your Distributer (1 Viewer)

[MatthewMcD]

Because you have a '68-looking distributor (metal line for ported vac), go with the small cap and rotor for the F - engine. 19102-41010 (rotor), and 19101-41010 (cap). Part numbers might have been removed, if the assembly has ever been rebuilt. Like a starter that I have, it says, "Bosch" on the outside, whereas before it had the Nippon Denso label and a Toyota or ND part-#.

I'd be more concerned about the centrifugal advance, if you haven't serviced it yet. Those springs are not what they were back in '68 on the governor weights, as rust can make the assembly kinda aggressive on the spark advance, especially if the spring has worn into the distributor spindle.

I rebuilt this 2F distributor, but you'll kinda see that the top spring is loose in its groove that it pulls against, the bottom one isn't that much better, so some of the mechanical advance is probably kicking in at idle, taking away a few degrees of advance at higher rpm. The other distributor, it had all kinds of damage from loosing the plastic bushings to rust-dust, and lack of lubrication, and it needs machine fabrication and springs to be put back into service.

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It's on my list to pull and disassemble mine just to see if there is an issue lurking under the plate. Are new springs available?

 

[Grayscale]

It's on my list to pull and disassemble mine just to see if there is an issue lurking under the plate. Are new springs available?

No replacement spring are around, that I know of. Beyond the cap and rotor, points, condenser, and maybe the block's oil seal o-ring, basically all you can do is clean it and install generic parts from the hardware store. I'd just clean it, and reinstall it a bit counter-clockwise so you can retain the correct numeration on the cap. The spring-rate is somewhat specific to the rpm-curve on the advance vs rpm graph, so generic springs may not be a good idea?

 

[Pighead]

Are new springs available?

There's these that sorta work...