Johnt671 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 There must be a better way than the way I've tried to do this. The prewired dizzys have a long shaft on then, and the first one I tried to do I cut the shaft short. When I glued the dizzy on the motor and started working with the plug wires I keep breaking the the dizzy off the motor. Do you leave the shaft long so it goes further into the engine block? Help please.
snacktruck67 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I never cut the shaft. I let the shaft go all the way in the motor. Always seems to work fine. I am sure there are some who cut the shaft a little bit shorter, but it should still should work OK.
crazyjim Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I don't cut the shaft either and I use Fatkidd Hobby Products distributors.
Kris Morgan Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 No need to cut the shaft. Drill the hole for the shaft so that it fits tight Use just a little dap of superglue when you insert that shat and you should be good to go. www.madmodeling.com
Tom Geiger Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Agreed. Never cut the shaft.Same with the plug wires, I never cut them at all. I just feed them into the block until they are the desired length. (assuming that you have drilled holes into the engine block for the plug wires, drill it all the way through.)To install plug wires, I first glue the distributor into the block and leave it dry overnight. Next step, if you use boot material, is to feed the boots onto the wires and feed that up so that the boots are up near the distributor. Then feed your wires into the block. Adjust until it looks good. Then pull the boot material down the wire, add a little dab of glue where the wire meets the block, then hide that with the boot. Edited October 14, 2015 by Tom Geiger
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) I agree as well.The blocks are almost always hollow so there's no reason to cut the shaft.Just drill through the top of the block & glue it in place. Steve Edited October 14, 2015 by StevenGuthmiller
gtx6970 Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 I agree as well.The blocks are almost always hollow so there's no reason to cut the shaft.Just drill through the top of the block & glue it in place. SteveDitto,
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