Delco Remy Distrubutor Identification

I have a distributor that I was planning on running on my A. It has a vacuum advance and the code "1110 532 4c20" stamped into the aluminum body of it. I am not sure if it is a 12v or a 6v? How can I tell?

Thanks,
Miles

 

A distributor does not care if it is 6 volt ,12 volt or 24. As long as the rotation is the way you need start adapting.

 

So I can use a 6v or 12v coil? It started smoking after I hooked up a 12v coil. I haven' tried a 6v one but I wanted to use 12v. Also how do I check the condenser to see if it is good?

 

Condensor reqires a Mfared tester. What smokes? I think your dist is from a 74' of some flavor by the aluminium body and the length of the P/N.

 

That would be a 1974 Chevrolet Vega unit. Put some new points and condensor in it, hook to the coil and use a 55 chevy 1.25 ohm ballast resistor in the primary should run as long as you can drive it...
As mentioned rotation should be correct per application. Rotation is oppisite the pull of the vacuum advance. Think if vacuum is pulling outward on vac hose rotation is the opisite direction.........
I have used a couple of these of race bangers laying on their side with a cog belt drive , works great....

 

The wire from the coil melted at the location where it connects to the condenser and point. It also looked like the point was beginning to get really hot.

 

Excessive current draw ,possiable bad coil. With a 12 volt coil you must either have a coil with a built in resistor or a external one. A external resistor coil with out the resistor will let things get hot,once melted the rubbing block off a set of points doing that.

 

Since you say the primary wire between the coil and the points is getting hot and melting, I would suspect the points or condener are shorted. Dissconnect the primary wire at the points put an insulator between the the point halves, I use a peice of cardboard. Measure the resistance between the conection at the points and ground, it should be rather high. If not the next step is to seperate the points and condenser and check again, one or possibly both will have zero or low ressistance replace as required.

 

I am not sure if it is the primary wire. It is the one that goes between the + terminal on the coil to a small connection that connects the condenser,point, and this wire inside the distributor. It is not the large wire the goes from the top of the distributor to the coil.

 

That is your primary wire, and the "short" diagnosis is the likely one!

 

I ran this test with my multimeter and both condenser and points show a resistance of 1 or no connection to the ground unless the point haves touch. So I don't think that is the problem. How do I tell if the 12v coil has a built in resistor?

 

Check the wire itself for failure to ground, probably at the point where it enters the distributor. Easiest check actually might be to simply disconnect it and get it away from points, connect another wire where it was connected.