Re: Mysterious washer finale?

Posted by Marco on May 12, 1998 at 15:13:33

In Reply to: Re: Rebuilding a Distributor
posted by Steve Watrous on May 11, 1998 at 21:20:20

: I also just rebulit a distrbutor with the parts from Bratton's.Had the same experience, using both the steel and fiber washers caused binding.I have another question. The hardware kit from Bratton's includes a thick fiber washer, about .500" OD x .187" ID x .062" thick.None of the diagrams I can find show this washer it's not the thin fiber washer that goes between the wire lead and steel spacer).Does anyone know what to do with this part (be nice)?
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There is an insulating washer listed for use all years. The part is A-22094 Washer (distributor base insulation). It is further described as: 3/16 (3/32 x 9/16) phenol fabric washer. This means the original version would be slightly larger than the replacement version (not unusual!) and would be shiny brown top and botton with fiberous edge like the generator post insulator (or like old printed circut boards).
I spent considerable time a couple years ago trying to find the application for this item without success. I was just informed by one of my research partners, Doug clayton, that he recently aquired an original distrbutor assembly (unused). It included the insulator which was located under the head of the copper screw that attaches the condenser to the bus bar. It must be slipped in from the top during assembly.
This item would prove to be of even greater benefit with replacement lower plates as they are more susceptible to shorting from either an oversized condenser or overtightening the ignition cable.
To our surprise we discovered that Walt Bratton had also discovered this and added the insulator to the drawing in his catalogue!

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Re: Mysterious washer finale! Joe May 13, 1998 at 07:02:00(0)
Re: Mysterious washer finale? Steve Watrous May 12, 1998 at 16:49:12(0)

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