rebuild iron distributor

[Victor Villari]

The original iron distributor had a piece of material isolating the points spring arm from the body of the distributor, and the centrifugal weights pivoted on a thin fiber washer. I think these are nla.. What is a suitable substitute.
Thank you

[Mike Horton]

There are kits to use in refurbishing these fine, well engineered units. These kits are offered by several of our vendors, look in the vendor section, for them.

[Victor Villari]

There is no listing in the Stoddard catalog as in prior years. What other vendors would have these parts?

[WilliamVaughan]

Are you looking at an on-line catalog? Call them up.

[Doug McDonnell]

Are you talking about this part? https://www.stoddard.com/61660210201-nla.html.html

[Bruce Smith]

Victor,

These are made of "fish paper" but many have improvised with cardboard, etc. over the years. Cardboard isn't a good idea as it can eventually break down. I've got a bunch made of the correct material. PM me your mailing address and I'll send you a couple.

Cheers,
Bruce

[Brad Ripley]

The parts you are referring to were in a Bosch kit. Old Stoddard number was NLA-602-936-00 which was Bosch 1 237 011 500. The strip only was Bosch 1 231 031 020. These parts were discontinued a few years ago, although you might find by hunting around the internet.

Rather than trying to rebuild your distributor yourself, I would suggest sending your distributor to Bruce Smith for a complete rebuild. He has all the parts and skill needed to do it properly.

[Brad Ripley]

Oh, here is an illustration of the parts in question.

[Al Zim]

Victor: you call me all the time to discuss your POR-SHA problems! Why didn't you call us about these parts? 800.356.2964 al