[AT] [Ford-ferguson] must be spring / front distrib N

[George Willer]

Dave,

Remove two bolts and take the distributor to the bench to work on it.  It's
made so it can't be re-installed out of time.  Ford used a similar setup on
their V-8 engines used in their cars until 1949 and the tractor engine is
basically 1/2 a V-8 car engine.

Please don't miss-understand... I don't hold Ford up as a model of how
mechanical things should be built.

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dave Merchant
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] [Ford-ferguson] must be spring / front distrib N
> 
> 1.      I couldn't get my hand past the generator to reach it.
> 
> 2.      How do you watch the points while you're slow cranking it?
> 
> Looks like the easiest way to work on it is to take off all the tin.
> 
> Clearly Ford eventually realized how idiotic it is, they spent the money
> on
> a redesign.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 01:41 PM 5/8/2007, Chris Britton wrote:
> >What do yuo find so 'idiotic' about the front distribuitor N ??
> >
> >Soundguy
> >
> > > From: Dave Merchant <nesys_com at ameritech.net>
> > > > 8N, front distributor, no attachments, nice tires, $2200 Madison OH
> > > First time I've taken a good look at a front distributor setup, it's
> truly
> > > idiotic.
> > > This one had a brand new looking light tan dist., 2 wires out each
> side.
> >
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> Dave Merchant
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