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Prestolite Distributor Number 1 Tower?

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by jglad, Dec 5, 2010.

  1. Dec 5, 2010
    jglad

    jglad Village Idiot

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    How do you tell which tower on the distributor cap is supposed to be the number 1 tower on a Prestolite oddfire distributor? Is the distributor body marked in some way?
     
    jglad, Dec 5, 2010
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  2. Dec 28, 2010
    mainejeep

    mainejeep Member

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    i will be looking at mine tommorow i will let u know which one it is if you still need it
     
    mainejeep, Dec 28, 2010
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  3. Jan 6, 2011
    mainejeep

    mainejeep Member

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    sorry i didnt get back to you mine is the left bottom if you have the v6 ;:: if u want i can take a pic tommorow
     
    mainejeep, Jan 6, 2011
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  4. Jan 6, 2011
    Walt Couch

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    The nr#1 will be the tower the rotor is pointing at when the nr #1 piston is up on compression and the timing mark is on TDC.
     
    Walt Couch, Jan 6, 2011
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  5. Jan 7, 2011
    Mcruff

    Mcruff Earlycj5 Machinist

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    Unlike the Mallory distributors, I don't think the caps on the Prestolite was actually marked with a #1. Its a matter of timing.
     
    Mcruff, Jan 7, 2011
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