Hornet distributor
Been giving the '53 Hornet a bit of a tune-up - carby was bad, and now checking the distributor, which is absolutely stuffed.
Flyweights have oval holes, springs de-tensioned, flyweight pins oval, vacuum diaphragm leaking, and bushings worn. Can anyone pint me in the direction of a good distributor, or a source of new parts to rebuild, please. I do have a new base plate. I'm in New Zealand, and it's bit difficult to find an Auto-lite shop.
Geoff
Flyweights have oval holes, springs de-tensioned, flyweight pins oval, vacuum diaphragm leaking, and bushings worn. Can anyone pint me in the direction of a good distributor, or a source of new parts to rebuild, please. I do have a new base plate. I'm in New Zealand, and it's bit difficult to find an Auto-lite shop.
Geoff
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All the info I have is in the USA. You might start with Lance Walker (https://hudsonparts.com/ ) in our HET club. I hear he rebuilds distributors.The auto-lite IAT design was used by other makes. Years ago I had Willies Distributor (http://www.willysdistributors.com/ ) refurbish 2 IAT-4009A distributors for me with the only hang-up/delay being bent shafts (he was not equipped to straighten).
I know shipping to New Zealand is expensive, but if all the small parts were bundled it might be acceptable.
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I can help you there Jeff.0
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Thanks for the offer Lance. In the finish I managed to obtain enough NOS parts locally to rebuild the distributor, with a bit of jiggery-pokery here and there.0
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jiggery pokery? LOL. I'll assume thats a technical term?0
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It's a step up from "hocus pocus", but mainly a Kiwi thing.0
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