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Forged upper distributor plate , good condition, replated in silver cad finish. Used Jan. 28 until late '28. Not pitted or damaged in any way. Send e-mail for pictures. Lindy Williams. lindy40b@wowway.com. $15.00 plus shipping.

Original bakelite distributor body, black with many brown flecks reflecting the soybean content. good condition, no cracks, eyebrows over the spark advance slot and only one locating slot in base. One small chip in top rim which is not visible when the cap is installed. Send e-mail for...

On my '30 coupe both of those braces are straight.

It appears that you have an original steel fan. Check it carefully for bent blades and proper fit on the water pump shaft. Also naturally for cracks.

The low spring pressure and soft carbon brushes on a generator may smear the mica on the surface of the commutator. the higher spring pressure and hard copper brushes on the starter cut the mica away and avoid any chance of the conductive brush residue from getting between the commutator...

Bob C has the answer. Magic marker on the shaft works too. Get the tapers to match before you crack the new fan or wallow out the fan taper.

the narrower slot was used until the end of 1930. the early levers were narrower than the later levers. The maximum advance was 20 distributor degrees and 40 crankshaft degrees.

Model B distributor- good condition, complete. No rebuild needed. New points and condenser needed.

Correction. Its called the Worthington Mower Co.

Worthington Tractors

Your car appears to be a '29 special coupe. There were two brown colors available for '29 coupes. Rose beige and Mountain brown. Go to (autocolorlibrary.com) to get an idea what these colors look like.

"A" Springs will make you one. He made a rear reversed eye main leaf for me.

that o 9 on the generator after the ford script is a date code which translates to Sept. 1934.

I think you need a growler test of your armature. My generator had similar symptoms. The generator should motor at a much lower amperage. When I replaced my armature it motored at less than 5 amps.

Radiator need to be cleaned? Pilot bearing need to be replaced? Condition of the starter ring gear? Water pump rebuild? Is the front cross member of the frame cracked? These are all areas that commonly need attention. when the engine is out is the time to do them. V out the cracks in the...