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I googled the part number mentioned in one of the last sheets It is vacu-tite 47410 I cut one side of them all to same length by sticking pin in them and using blade with light pressure while slowly spinning around

Made new connectors, because the connecters I had were too big and I didn't want to drill the distributor cap holes larger. First, the female side that is going in the vacuum fitting/spark plug wire. Drilled, turned and made small slit Made the male part that's going in distributor cap...

When I was in machinist school in the military they would make someone wear a huge chuck key around their neck if their hands were off the key for the chuck of the lathe and they had left it in.

I got a new distributor cap with rivets from Howell (yeah, I know it wasn't necessary), but the rivets that came with it don't look like they are made of brass. They are shiny and non-magnetic. Do the rivets need to be made of brass or will any metal do for the distributor contacts?

If you don't feel like modeling them, here they are

In hindsight I probably could have avoided issue if I made the brass piece like this, with a counterbore depth equal to the rivet head height, that way it would not be compressed and cause different heights

So I made this tool (and who doesn't like making tools) after seeing a pic of something called a tubular rivet clincher. then turned down piece of brass that would support the other end when pressing rivet The rivets are now secured and the hole through it hasn't changed size The other...

Because I'm a picture person and have to read things over and over again just to understand what's being said, here is my plan in pictures: Step 1: Step 2: After rivet is in secured in place, I see what a press fit would be in rivet, and what diameter I should make other end so connector...

I was thinking that if I made the 4 contacts threaded rod instead of rivets, I could use multimeter and screw in unit I get continuity then back off a little for each contact so there is only a small amount of clearance. Did you bend contact arm 45 degrees or like the pic in my previous post?

I found some pictures you had of your distributor from your thread. I looks like the rotor contact is bent to allow it to touch the center of distributor cap connection. The Howell plans don't say anything about bending it, that's why I wasn't sure if the spark is supposed to jump or not...

This engine is my first that uses a distributor so I need some help understanding how it goes together correctly. Here is the rotor contact assembly and rotor drawing. The rotor contact assembly is superglued on rotor. It says in one of the sheets "the rotor inside the cap should clear the...

thats good to hear, thanks!

Previously I had lapped my cast iron cylinder sleeves for my Howell V4 with diamond compound and used ultrasonic cleaner to clean them after. There is a crosshatch pattern I can see but faint, because it was done with a fine lapping compound. The bores of them were lapped to .875, the piston...

ok I'm going to loctite new valve cages in and re drill intake/exhaust paths. Will test with pressure through spark plug hole like before. Happy Thanksgiving to you all

I was gonna work my way up from 600 to 2000

Previously I had not cut seat in cage, just put 600grit lapping compound on valve and lapped. This made a single line of contact on the valve. I re-cut the 45 deg on test valve to get a fresh surface. Then used valve seat cutter to make small bevel on test valve cage (still don't know if A or B...

If drawing calls for a .015 seat, is that .015 dimensioned at A, or at B? When using an ultrasonic cleaner, do you clean parts every time you change grit size, and how long do you keep in the ultrasonic cleaner for?

Tomorrow I'll have some of the higher grit lapping compounds (2oz this time) Right now the ends of the valve cages are 90 degrees (bored the inside of them and when pulling out of hole used same boring bar to face end of it) Do I use the valve seat cutter I made and do a couple hand turns to...

damn I just got the 600 grit delivered, Got the 12 oz jar instead of 2 oz jar by mistake

This is only a test..