Wired Distributor

[Slotto]

Today I made up some distributors with leeds. I ran across an old PS2 mouse so I thought I'd take it apart. Inside were 7 different colored wires about the same scale size used for spark plug wires. I took a trip to the craft store and scored some necklace fasteners. This serves as the distributor. I stripped the mouse cord to liberate the wires and cut them down to size. Then I super glued the wires in place. I like to mix it up sometimes and match the wires with the car body color. Whatcha think?

Edited August 28, 2020 by Slotto

[KWT]

they llok pretty good to me.

[Tom Geiger]

They look good but I hope your wires are long enough. I make some with aluminum tubing that I cut to length with a small hobby tubing cutter.  I leave mine pretty long, I can always stuff it into the engine block or cut it shorter but not the other way!

[Slotto]

32 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

They look good but I hope your wires are long enough. I make some with aluminum tubing that I cut to length with a small hobby tubing cutter.  I leave mine pretty long, I can always stuff it into the engine block or cut it shorter but not the other way!

Thanks guys, Tom, they all range between 1 1/2" to 2" long. They are plenty long enough

[Tom Geiger]

13 hours ago, Slotto said:

Thanks guys, Tom, they all range between 1 1/2" to 2" long. They are plenty long enough

Cool!  One suggestion, they have holes in the bottom, which look good to mount on straight pins. I stick in and then glue a straight pin as a mount. Just cut the pin to length with wire cutters

Edited August 29, 2020 by Tom Geiger

[Super28]

Thanks for sharing. never thought about the necklace fasteners ! Cool!

 

[OldNYJim]

Those necklace fasteners look promising - do you have any info on the manufacturer or a part number?

[Slotto]

Sorry, I do not. I don't remember where I got them either. Maybe Walmart, a.c. Moore. Michaels?

[Painted Black]

I know it's most likely a personal thing, as I see it on real cars, but why the black coil wire?

PS it looks like the green one is short one wire!!

Edited September 3, 2020 by Painted Black

[Slotto]

I dunno why the black wire. It just happened that way ?. All of the green wires are there.

[Painted Black]

16 minutes ago, Slotto said:

I dunno why the black wire. It just happened that way ?. All of the green wires are there.

Must be hid...

[peteski]

While it makes wiring a model engine easier, it really doesn't look anything like a scale distributor.  I guess it all depends on how accurately you want your model to look.