[T3] Distributer placement/Timing

[rheorojo@F]

Long day yesterday. I looked at both distributers. The one rebuilt by you, Jim, is polished similar to a cam or crank. The other is polished on the leading side but has some (minor) grooving on the trailing side. I have the pertronix ignition in now and I'll swap them tomorrow, and lube the rubbing block. I have some silicone grease, so I'll put a dab of that on there unless otherwise advised.
The distributor clamp I can repair and keep it with the spare distributor. I'll keep you posted. The car would run well (save for poor mileage) for a short while then bog down with little or no power. A retime would cure that but briefly. 
Tim 73 FI auto
On Jan 13, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 13 Jan 2014 at 15:38, Jim Adney wrote:
> 
>> General drifting, always in the direction toward greater dwell, are 
>> almost always caused by wear of the rubbing block on the ignition 
>> points. A certain amount of wear is normal and expected, but the 
>> rubbing block should wear a bit then settle in and become relatively 
>> stable.  
> 
> I should add that a rough cam will always wear the rubbing block 
> quickly, so the only solution for that it to let me rebuild the dist 
> and refinish the cam. If you have this problem on a dist that I've 
> already worked over, I'll be glad to check it over and refinish it 
> again at no charge if you want to return it to me.
> 
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