Help identify this distributor
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corvette8n
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petehoovie
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Looks like the distributor on my '34 which uses a 3 screw coil....The '37 was changed to a two screw coil....
deuce lover
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Mart
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Click this:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1932+ford+distributor
Then click on images.
You shouldn't normally have to ask if anyone has pictures, just use google images.
And yes, the tube is connected to a manifold vacuum source.
Mart
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=1932+ford+distributor
Then click on images.
You shouldn't normally have to ask if anyone has pictures, just use google images.
And yes, the tube is connected to a manifold vacuum source.
Mart
rotorwrench
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I think they experimented with several coils for the first year of the V8. David G had some good info about the early distributors on this board someplace.
DavidG
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The first few photos in that Google batch is the earliest of the two '32 V8 distributors. Everything about it is unique and it is incredibly rare as all of them were supposed to be recalled and destroyed in an April, 1932 service campaign. Both the camshaft, timing gear, and the timing gear cover were unique to that distributor and also recalled at the same time along with a number of other changes to the engines. Both distributor and the coil attached in four places.
The next photos in the Google batch show the typical '32 distributor with a pull-out oiler and direct connection of the vacuum line to the center of the vacuum brake adjustment. It attaches to the timing gear cover in the familiar three places and the tall coil attaches to the distributor housing in three places. On a very limited basis during the '32 model year another coil was released for use in production. It was ball shaped and had a metal band around its circumference. (I call it the banded-ball coil and survivors are extremely rare.) It was replaced late in the '32 model year with the familiar domed coil that was standard equipment for the '33, '34, '35, and most of the '36 V8s. It was used simultaneously in production with the tall coil until the end of '32 model production.
I'll post a photo of the 'banded-ball' '32 V8 coil later as it is not shown in the Google photos.
The next photos in the Google batch show the typical '32 distributor with a pull-out oiler and direct connection of the vacuum line to the center of the vacuum brake adjustment. It attaches to the timing gear cover in the familiar three places and the tall coil attaches to the distributor housing in three places. On a very limited basis during the '32 model year another coil was released for use in production. It was ball shaped and had a metal band around its circumference. (I call it the banded-ball coil and survivors are extremely rare.) It was replaced late in the '32 model year with the familiar domed coil that was standard equipment for the '33, '34, '35, and most of the '36 V8s. It was used simultaneously in production with the tall coil until the end of '32 model production.
I'll post a photo of the 'banded-ball' '32 V8 coil later as it is not shown in the Google photos.
Tinker
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Yes that is for a vacuum advance brake. 36-38 (personal info) it connects left side to the intake. Found personally, added a slight cut v in the bottom only in the intake gasket to insure more air (maybe overkill, but the gasket would have probably filled it. also didn't use any spray tack there either) but insured the vacuum was present. ***Didn't want to grind into the block. Block has a cleaned and had a milled intake and cylinder deck. But running a bur over the intake deck for some more, probably wouldn't be bad, just didn't.
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corvette8n
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Thanks for the info.