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Originally Posted by patrickt
Alright, as evidence of my continuing efforts to help others on this forum, I spent about 5 minutes (maybe less) this morning cleaning my distributor and took a before and after picture. It cleans up pretty easy. The hardest part, like doing anything on these cars, is just bending over the engine bay.  I did this with a dremel tool and one of those little round cottony polishing wheels. Now mind you, I didn't put a lot of effort in to this job.  Here are the results:
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Can we see the surface rust forming at the top of the advance weights?
That's what we need to stop, with some long term lubricant on all metal to metal surfaces. Although the mechanism is coated, it obviously wears enough to expose bare steel.
Once that happens, the corrosion starts happening, similar to an unlubricated door hinge.
Gary