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| | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 235 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 235 | OK as the engine comes together I am prepping, cleaning and rebuilding as I go.
I rummaged through the 261 box to find the distributor, only to find that it wouldn't spin. Not at all.
I tossed it in the solvent tank to soak over night. It would need a complete rebuild, was my thinking.
The next day I tore into it. Here's what I found:
1-the distributor body is all one cast piece machined.
2-there are NO NUMBERS so I have no clue what it is
3- the bob weights plate is shot, it had 2 different sized springs, one pin had broken and the other 2 were nearly cut in half by the springs.
I am looking for a distributor now I guess and am curious what others can tell me.. I don;t know if my 216 distributor will work or if it would and I'd need to change the gear so as not to destroy my new Delta 254 cam.
Jeremy | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,094 | Don't know about a 216 dist., but I know a 235 is the same dist.
However some do have different gears,i would call delta and ask what kind should be used. Have you given any thought to electronic ? Langdons stovebolt sells a modified hei dist that is a bolt in.
Tommy
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261 short stepside
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
NAPA and Rockauto.com have reasonably priced rebuilt distributors.
If you look for a used distributor, no original 216 distributor will work with your 261 engine. To be safe, look for a 1954 or later 235 or 261 distributor.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | FYI, the number is stamped in the points mounting plate.
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