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)

I believe the Autolite distributor in my photo is from a '59 engine - I had two and one is now in the GREENBIRD. I modified it by using the point plate out of a post '76 Duraspark II (Motorcraft) so it could use the Ford electronic trigger. The Duraspark II uses the curved leg vacuum pot - and it all fits right in there as long as you are using a matching point (or stator) plate. The two tapped holes and vacuum pot mounts are in the same relative positions on the Autolite and Motorcraft bodies - and the Motorcraft point and electronic units both accept the same (curved leg) vacuum pots.

When I build the electronic versions, I cut the cam off the Autolite upper rotor shaft and machine it for the reluctor/armature of the later distributor. Once you have the trigger in the case (with mechanical and vacuum advance)- all sorts of ignitions can be used ........ different story.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona