I saw this on OSR: http://forum.olskoolrodz.com/showthread.php?t=48770 Is that an integrated coil or something (or is it a Frankenstein-style mag)? What IS this off of? It's weird - I've never seen one like it, but then again, maybe I just don't get out much. Dude says it has a threaded plug wire at the top. ~Jason
Something similar came on army jeeps ,,Think its just a self contained dist./coil thingy,,mine was 4 cylinder
Internal coil for watertightness and radio protection, threaded wire ******s for braided radio shielding...probably some kind of military vehicle. M 151 Mighty Mite (jeep kind of vehicle) have ones that look about like that, but only four cylinders. If mil vehicle, fairly old to be 12V
Not a mag...that's just the way coil is packaged to shield electrical field and waterproof everything. And it's 12 v...no rating on a mag, a mag's voltage is whatever the mag wants it to be. That general type was used from WWII (only fancier vehicles with radio installations) into maybe the '70's when almost all tactical vehicles had hielded ignition. After that, they went to all diesel. Aircraft stuff gets similar plug shielding...don't know much about those. I think 8 cylinders would be somewhat rare in all those applications, and the drive is unfamiliar to me. Caddy tanks had that sort of setup, and actual distributor was way up on a tower so drive at that level would be odd...
Chrysler industrial engine as Bruce stated , coil inside case with shielded radio wires etc. I have a few of these for GMC six cylinders . They use a coil mounted inside for water proof. You can still buy the shielded wires from surplus etc as well as the threaded shielded plugs etc. I have a complete running new one for a 302 GMC that i ran for a while on my Model A.
Seriously? Was this an option on a Mopar industrial? I have an IND56, but it came with a normal distributor... Anybody tell if it's an early Hemi shaft on that? ~Jason
An industrial engine with that kind of distributor was presumably used in a job involving aviation or military setting requiring major radio suppression, as in running and aircraft starting generator or such, not an irrigation pump in Resumespeed, Texas.
I wouldn't be so sure Bruce, the last time I drove between Lubbock and Amarillo on the way to the inlaws place in Texas There were some strange combinations of pump engines alongside the road. That wouldn't be off a WWII era tank engine would it?
Tanks did use that sort of distributor head...I've seen Caddy V8 ones from M5's. Industrial engines used in areas without seriously sensitive radio issues just get normal caps.
The shaft may well fit some kind of intermediate device like a governor driven from original drive...it looks very odd.
I was in the Army 1964-67 and worked in rebuild (carbs & brakes) some of the track vehicle personel carriers used Mopar engines,M113-M114 the later versions after 64 were changing over to diesel.Google M113 lots of info posted.
Bingo! Looks a LOT like it on the M113's Chrysler 75M (aka 361 to us civilians)... check it out: http://www.armorama.com/modules.php...le=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=131031&page=1 ~Jason
The guy said he found it on top of a 331 marine motor, just laying on top, with the whole thing being under a tarp. ~Jason
Hey Jason, I think that you need two of them........... Military, 12 volt, tach drive, and yes you need a different intermediate shaft. I have one somewhere. Let me know if you need a pic and I'll try to find it. Gary
I just saw it and thought it was kind of cool... but still, I'm about married to my stock Mopar electronic distributor. Think that military dizzy would take to a Pertronix or stock Mopar electronic distributor innards transplant? ~Jason
SURE WILL , I HAVE DONE A FEW OF THEM. I use a pertronixs six or eight cylinder unit a new 12 volt coil and wire everything inside under the cap. That way there is only a single wire to power on/off and thats it. Add a vintage mag decal and let folks wonder whats going on in there .
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