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Posted By Discussion Topic: MALLORY DISTRIBUTOR HELP -- page: 1 2     murphy1936 12-06-2013 @ 4:49 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 When purchased car has Mallory distributor. Eliminating original distributor. Does anyone know how to check timing on this Mallory distributor. I am completely lost. Called Mallory tech people tell me to refer to car manual? Don't have one but plan on locating. The original manual I believe will not tell me anything because this is a flat unit butts up against motor with a crab distributor. CANT START CAR UNLESS I KNOW TIME CORRECT. ALSO STILL CANNOT YET GET CAR TO TURN OVER AND KEEP TURNING I GET. THREE REVS THATS IT STARTER WAS CHECKED OUT OK. ALL NEW GROUNDS. NEED YOUR HELP OR REFERRAL THKS JOHN deuce_roadster 12-06-2013 @ 6:15 PM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 284 Joined: Oct 2009 If the distributor is already on the engine, it is in time close enough to run. They only can bolt on 1 way due to the slot in the cam that it engages is off center. The distributer itself should be set up on a machine off the car. Unless someone has created a pointer and marked the crank pulley, there is no way to know where you are at if you try to use a timing light. murphy1936 12-06-2013 @ 7:42 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 There is a paint mark on distributor and matching mark on engine so you have hit the. Nail on its head thank you . I set it up on the mark after installing new pts. Thks Again john murphy1936 12-06-2013 @ 7:42 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 There is a paint mark on distributor and matching mark on engine so you have hit the. Nail on its head thank you . I set it up on the mark after installing new pts. Thks Again john 40 Coupe 12-07-2013 @ 5:12 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1674 Joined: Oct 2009 What engine do you have 36 or 49? the Mallory distributor varies. Is your car 12V or 6V? The distributor could be electronic Vs points?? If you have a 36 with 6V then the distributor is points and the Mallory is not the best of distributors for your car. The have inherent problems with the advance. They can not be timed on the car unless your engine is modified by previous owner with timing marks. I would suggest you send the distributor out for service to Bubbas hot rod shop in Indy. He can check out the unit and it's advance, once timed it can be reinstalled carefully so it is installed correctly (incorrect installation results in breaking of the housing once you try to start the car). In the mean time you can remove the starter motor and clean all the rust and paint off all 6 surfaces of the starter motor and to where it bolts on to the oil pan. Make sure you have the small bracket to oil pan and clean it and the bolts reinstall with star lock washers at the bolt heads. See if this helps your slow starter motor. Make sure the battery is good, take it to a auto parts store that can load check the battery on a special tester, many stores have this including Sears, the service is usually free. This message was edited by 40 Coupe on 12-7-13 @ 5:16 AM TomO 12-07-2013 @ 9:26 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7250 Joined: Oct 2009 John, Have you tried turning over the engine with the ignition switch off? Do you have the voltage readings for the points that I described in this post https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=6755&sortby=desc The measurements that I described will help to isolate the problem. With the points, if the correct dwell is set for each set, the timing will be correct. The tang on the back of the distributor fits into a slot in the camshaft. The tang and slot are both offset so that when the distributor is mounted correctly, it is in time. Tom This message was edited by TomO on 12-7-13 @ 9:34 AM murphy1936 12-07-2013 @ 1:25 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 UPDATE FOR ALL GOOD MEN. STARTER NOW TURNS OVER THE PROBLEM SEEM TO BE CABLE FROM SOLENOID TO STARTER. RAN BATTERY DOWN TRYING TO START CAR. BEING CHARGED. THIS IBS WHAT WAS DONE SO far; 1 . New optima, new coil, new condenser, new rotor, new points, new redirected ground cables,,to chassis and firewall,. Getting 1.4 to 1.5 ohms from coil, getting 4.5 volts from coil when turning engine over. ONLY ONE SET OF POINTS SEEM TO BE FIRING THE TOP SET ON THE MALLORY IGNITION, THE BOTTOM IS NOT. ALL PLUGS SEEM TO BE FIRING UP ON LEFT SIDE. HAVENT TRIED RIGHT SIDE YET. What where is the resister everyone is mentioning? At leased she turns over now I'm stuck again john murphy1936 12-07-2013 @ 1:26 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 The engine is a 1941 super deluxe. murphy1936 12-07-2013 @ 1:57 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 This is a Mallory distributor do they have to be timed using a machine and when putting it back on car, the rotor can go in at o or 180 degrees from 0 into the slot .. ..? John murphy1936 12-07-2013 @ 4:58 PM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 Starter taken out but fellow just cleaned it and the commutator plus checked brushes the we tried and the cable from solenoid was changed. The starter now turns over engine but won't start yet Thanks for ur help

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