Not sure if the lobe is replaceable or should the distributor itself be replaced or just leave it as is and move on. But, this is a reflection of the quality of the distributor itself. That being said it could be that the timing difference is so insignificant that it has no real effect. This is telling me that 1/3 would fire before 2/4. Our point setting is therefore predicated to the shorter 2/4 lobe. Having said that, my disappointment is that the distributor cam is machined so grossly that cam lobes 1/3 are visibly shorter that lobs 2/4. Obviously, we set the point gap incorrectly to start with. Points should be 016-020 it s a vw 009 distributor headīy Ed in California on Saturday, Ma03:01 pm:īy Jerry Davis Houston TX on Saturday, Ma04:42 pm:
And so on.Īnother option is to look down the first two cylinders and measure the piston location (the piston should be at about the top of one of the cylinders for each point event should be about exactly the same relative location for them)Īssuming my test establishes that all four point events happen as I've described then you should be OKīy Ed in California on Saturday, Ma02:59 pm:
Now turn some more and try to establish where the next point opening happens. Or perhaps also measure the location of the crank relative to the ground. Without moving the crank now make a mark on the pulley relative to something on the front cover. OK, so now carefully and slowly crank the engine by hand and watch for the bulb turn OFF !! As you turn the engine the bulb should turn on and off!! Now you may be able to test for this as follows Ĭonnect a light bulb supplied by power with the other side completing the circuit to ground through the points. While I would hope the lobes would be the same height, the truly IMPORTANT thing is that they open exactly 90 DEGREES apart. 012 seems a little small but not rediculous. For a VW beetle it seems that.016 is correct. I just did a quick google search for point gaps as. We are concerned that the cam lobes are not symmetrical, should they not be all the same ?Ī close-up lobe picture will be uploaded shortly. So our question is this: What is the proper point gap setting for this application ? 012" to make the engine run, which it does, but only. Lobes on 1 and 3 were higher were higher than 2 and 4. Visual of the cam lobes revealed the following: A cap and rotor replacement did NOT correct the problem.ĥ. After getting everything connected, we found open terminals on 2 and 4, 1 and 3 were live.Ĥ. Out of the box, the points were set open.ģ. When installing a Texas T Distributor, here is what three generations of Model T'ers found when installing this distributor:ġ. Installing the Texas T Distributor on our 14 Tīy Jerry Davis Houston TX on Saturday, Ma01:54 pm: Model T Ford Forum: Installing the Texas T Distributor on our 14 T Installing the Texas T Distributor on our 14 T
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