Recent content by willysspeed

That's interesting to hear. I was wondering if the electronic ignition was doing something odd to the light like what happened with you. I forgot I have an older light, I should have tried it out earlier to verify.

Right, as in passenger side, or right as in driver side?

Interesting point. I was using passenger bank, cyl closest to the front of engine. Is this not #1?

Agreed, except the heads were never off.

It was around 5-600.

Thanks Phil. I think that will be the game plan. Yes only mechanical. I would have experimented longer but am waiting on water pumps and hoses to hookup the rad so didnt want to run it too long.

Repeated the procedure 3 times. Rotating the motor over in between times until I was at the compression stroke then did it again. Yea taking the head off would be more accurate. But I dont see this method being 30 deg off or having a motor start up and run great that far off.

Hi Seth, That helmet style was originally on the car, I am using a speedway electronic crab style now which has some additional timing adjustment you can play with. I can't post a link but its called "1932-41 Ford Flathead 3 Bolt Electronic Distributor" from Speedway.

Head scratcher here. Just picked up a 35 ford w/ a 21 stud flathead that has been in slumber for 25+ years. Helmet style distributor needed to be sent out, and after messing with the generator could not get it to charge, plus all battery cables were 2ga (would also want to purchase 00 to...

Thanks JT. I saw those on the back of the wheel, which was my primary hesitation from just twisting away. problem is it honks all the time. For what it's worth at the moment, The solenoid is really easy to get to in the engine bay, so i'll add an under-dash horn button for now. Im thinking...

I just picked up a 50 Custom, and it has a crestliner steering wheel, which is pretty nifty. The thin parts of the ring are broken off, but still cool. Honks like a mother effer. I've searched for a decent while, but noone really has the "yes this is correct" answer on removal. To remove the...