Dave hit the nail on the head Lonnie. There was a leather washer
that was capture by the folded over fingers, and I agree with
you, better be carefull bending them, I don't think they will
take very much at all. You Might try stuffing a leather shoe
lace in behind the fingers. It's just a seal to keep the greas
from oozing out when it gets hot.
MacMaster Carr still sells the grease cups and they look pretty
much the same as the original ones. I used them on a couple of
distributors that I restored.
I'd take a picture of them but they'er in a box somewhere, the
big move you know!!!!
Also, for the rubbing block or disc I bought some phenolic round
stock from MacMaster also. The original is as Dave mentioned
only about a 1/8" thick. I turned them to the diameter and then
used a cut off tool to slab a bunch off. They're in a box
somewhere also otherwise I'd send you a couple:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/131948503 When the disc is kept greased they don't cause much wear to the
shaft or to the disc it self. In fact I've never see any wear at
that point on any of the shafts that I've taken apart. You
should have it in there though, the metal to metal contact of
the spring is not a good deal.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Let me add this to the thread. This picture shows the leather seal
pretty clear. This out of my '50 distributor and below the greas cup
it shows the metal disc and felt wick that this one had in it. The
metal disc does show some wear and I can't say for sure if it was
original to this distributor. From what I was told buy the original
owner it had never been serviced other than the normal grease jobs
and oil changes:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/112215604/original DG
