Re: [HSS] Distributor Numbers

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Brian Manning wrote:

>

> I have been searching for a distributor for my 1928 Essex 2dr coupe

> for some time now. The information I had gathered said it was a Auto-

> lite IGB-4014. I went to an automotive electrical site on the web

> and it says that the 26-27 Essex used a IB-4001 distributor, the 27-

> 28 Essex used a IBA-4001 distributor, and that in fact Essex

> Terraplane used the IGB-4014 distributor. I'm so confused now I

> don't know what I should be looking for other than an Asprin. Can

> anybody shed some light on this and help me out? Thanks Brian M.

>

The IB4001 was used up to early 1928. From mid '28 and '29 the IGB 4014

was used, which is smaller. In '30 the IGB 4030 and 4034 were used.

all these later ones are smaller than the 4001. The Terraplanes used

IGB 4301 which had a gear on the shaft, rather than a straight peg. If

you do find a 4001, I have new bronze counterweights for them. the

original die-cast ones have a nasty habit of self-destructing.

Geoff.