Have any of you guys ran into this problem? I reinstalled my vacuum advance canister but now I cant rotate the dizzy to where i had it because it will hit the intake. rechecked tdc and its dead on. its a 292 in my '58 custom 300.

thanks for the help!

58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)

If you can`t move the distributor because the advance can hits the intake manifold then the correct thing to do is pull out the distributor and reinstall it clocked differently. OR, you can re locate the sparkplug wires forward or backward rotation to match where your distributor is. Pete

Moving the spark plug wires is easiest solution. I encountered this in our '57 when we purchased it. The motor was lazy and hard to start. Checked the timing and found it was retarded. When I went to twist the distributer it ran into the intake manifold. Moved the wires one hole and I could set the timing as needed.No telling how long it had been this way.

Jeff Petersen

Yeah but then it won't run right because the "1" on the cap no longer goes to #1 plug...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Master Cylinder " Yeah but then it won't run right because the "1" on the cap no longer goes to #1 plug...

Thats only because the spark needs to know which plug is the next to be fired and without the "1" it might go anywhere it wants.

Or something like that. Pete

You think the spark knows how to read. Kinda like "Deer Crossing". I wonder how they know to cross there!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Pulling out the dizzy and rotating it worked fine. Now why couldn't I think of that?

Anyone know a good source for a vacuum advance canister? Mac's has them but they're like $55!


I looked at the local parts store and they all show the canister with the angled arm and mine is straight

58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)

Bargain, try buying stuff in Australia.

If I could buy a complete rebuilt distributor with the vacuum advance canister for $50 why is just the vacuum canister $55.

58 Ford Custom 300 - San Pedro, CA (So-Cal)