Doug Bowen Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 When I wore a younger man's clothes, I used to drill holes in 1/25th distributor caps "by eye". Those eyes are now 65 years old, so with the help of a machinist buddy we came up with this jig to evenly space those darned 8 holes with a coil wire hole in the center. On the opposite side of the jig is a center through hole to locate the coil wire hole...then flip over the distributor (3/16" dia stock) and put in the "pointer", work your way around with a pin vise and DA DA! It worked.
High octane Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Great idea Doug, but I find it much easier to use pre-wired distributors and magnetos.
kitbash1 Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 What a neat idea, I could use one of those because of my eye-sight isn't what it used to be. It looks like it's made from teflon rod or something similar.
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Slick solution to a sometimes vexing problem.
charlie8575 Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Seriously, you should sell those. A similar product for 4 and 6 cylinder distributors would be good, too. Charlie Larkin
astroracer Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Or just drill one big hole and carefully glue the wires in. Fill the hole with a little epoxy after the wires are set and paint. Who's to know you didn't drill 9 holes? Mark
Lownslow Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 i thought of making one to get off shapeways because im just as lazy about it do the wires through a tube thing.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now