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Posted By Discussion Topic: MALLORY DISTRIBUTOR HELP -- page: 1 2     TomO 12-09-2013 @ 9:54 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7250 Joined: Oct 2009 John, Skip Haney in FL does it as well as C&G in CA and Yesteryear Ford Parts in Livonia, MI. To get the car started, you can gap both sets of points at .016". This setting will set your distributor close enough to start the engine. The main reasons for setting up the Ford distributors on a distributor machine is to ensure that the points are not bouncing, they are not shorted to ground, the advance mechanism is working and that the vacuum brake is working. Tom supereal 12-09-2013 @ 9:43 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Send it to Skip Haney. He will repair any problems and set it up on his machine. His phone is 941-637-6698. E-mail: skip@fordsrus.com. It is usually advisable to send the coil, too, as if it is deficient, Skip can rebuild it. Running the distributor on a machine shows a strobe pattern that may indicate point bounce,or shaft and bushing wear. Skip is an expert, good service, and easy to deal with. murphy1936 12-09-2013 @ 9:07 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 SUPEREAL, THANK YOU. ,I HAVE A STOCK DISTRIBUTOR FOR CAR BUT NEED TO HAVE IT TIMED. HAVE ANY INFORMATION WHERE I CAN HAVE IT DONE. JOHN Super Deluxe 41 murphy1936 12-08-2013 @ 9:32 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 191 Joined: Nov 2013 Thank you for the explanation, there is a timing mark on the distributor. Paint mark, and one on the gasket that goes between the distributor and cam. Problem is the gasket moves around as it's slotted also . So I will see if there is another mark on the car . Big problem is only one set of points fire up when turned over? I don't know why I'm all alone on this and in a mess trying to straighten out the problem. I will try to see if tip of point has any voltage. Thank you for everything. john Super Deluxe 41 supereal 12-08-2013 @ 7:00 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 Over the years, we have removed several Mallory distributors which failed. The symptoms you describe are typical for this unit. When the stock distributor, properly set up, will go for years without attention, it makes little sense to create problems with a non stock conversion. 40 Coupe 12-08-2013 @ 4:10 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1674 Joined: Oct 2009 The front of the cam has a slot for the distributor, the distributor has a raised tang to fit the slot. The slot is NOT in the center of the cam, it is offset toward one side. The tang on the distributor is also offset, so in theory the distributor can only fit on in one position. In actuality without the bolts or with large holes for the bolts the distributor can be put on two ways, of course only one way is correct or the timing will be 180 degrees off. With a Ford distributor if you bolt up the distributor with the distributor tang off 180 and turn the engine over you will break the distributor body. The ford distributor fits with very close tolerance and does not use elongated holes for timing adjustment. Fords distributor was made to be timed off the vehicle and then installed, once installed properly, there was no need to time the car again so there were no timing marks. If you have the Mallory with elongated mounting holes for timing your going to also need timing marks and a timing light. 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 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 @ 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 @ 1:25 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

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