Limit total advance???

[azfordman]

Originally Posted by Rick Parker

AZFORDMAN:
The distance the slots allow can be altered by reducing the length of the slot. (Heliarc works nicely.)
To disassemble it, carefully remove the small wire clip in the center under the rotor, remove the c clips on the vacuume advance mechanism, remove the reluctor without breaking any of the tangs, then remove the baseplate. At that point the mechanical advance will be visable. The distributor bodies are pretty much the same between an electronic as pictured and a point type ignition.

The calibration is best done by someone with access to a Distributor machine.

Rick, I take it the base plate is in my picture with the 8 and 6 stamped into it, correct? Where is this wire clip that is supposed to be under the rotor? Someone else had mentioned welding the slots.....are these slots on the underside of the base plate? I will get out and try to pull this apart tomorrow. I appreciate the input! Mark

[dcdoug]

Originally Posted by azfordman

Rick, I take it the base plate is in my picture with the 8 and 6 stamped into it, correct? Where is this wire clip that is supposed to be under the rotor? Someone else had mentioned welding the slots.....are these slots on the underside of the base plate? I will get out and try to pull this apart tomorrow. I appreciate the input! Mark

The wire clip is down in the rotor housing hole and is a bit of a pain to get out. I had to mess around with it with needle nose pliers for a while to get it out. Remove it, unscrew everything, and then you will see that the bottom plate that everything is bolted to is removable and beneath that is the advance mechanism.

Here is an article that might be useful. It's for slightly older model Ford distributors, but most of the principles should be the same.

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techar.../photo_12.html