I can't see your flange...there are several overseas...but normal American will have 3 threaded holes and will bolt up to '37-41 distributors that have the FOUR bolt flange. WTH?? 60's and 85's used the same distributor, but for some reason they put 4 holes on the flange and used a DIFFERENT set of 3! 1941 version, with "11" on the engine end of shaft. has best curve. You van also use the easier to work on and restore '42-8 distributors with a simple adapter setup. '42 version with open crab cap is the easiest to work with.
The flange is on one of the pictures that I posted yesterday. It's two bolt but it confuses me a little bit.
Shoot me a picture. Two threaded holes or two threaded holes and an unthreaded single might well indicate foreign use...I think all US applications used the three. Where was this engine found?? Is non-USA use likely?
S****e off the gasket bits and shoot a head on picture of the distributor flange...either something is hidden or you have an oddball!
Well yes, it was all an anachronism. Replacing an OHV 54 horsepower 77 cubic inch dual carbureted light weight engine with a flat head 60 horsepower 135 cubic inch heavy engine necessitated a need to soup up the Ford. They sure sounded nice and looked great but certainly didn't help the handling of the car. Superchargers on the MG were a good option, but now you're dealing with a weak lower end, of course the full floating rod bearings in a 60 were not any great shakes either. I think anyone who put the Ford 3 speed in place of the MG 4 speed would not be pleased although might be susceptible to eventual MG ****** overhaul with the added power..
DC arc, with nickel rod. There was a 'dip transfer' machine, read (past tense) about it in a Machinist's digest long ago, can't even remember the line between polarity used!
That is correct dist. mounting holes for the sixty. You can do like Bruce Lancaster said and use a 42 up crab style but it has two mounting holes compelely opposite of what you have now. The spacer/ adapter is easy to make if you can't find one. I made one for mine. Thickness is .400 if I remember correctly.
So the 60 used only 2 of the four holes, correct? It's been more than 50 years since I worked on a 60! Thought they used another pattern of three of the four. That pattern might take a crab directly...it wouldn't care about orientation, though wire routing might look odd! A crab would also need a lateral hole drilled into it for a vac line, since front cover isn't equipped for the '42 setup. Enough change, I guess, to negate the greater convenience of the crab!
Blowby is absolutely right. They work great in Bantams. Your wife might like it better that way than as a coffee table base, mine does.
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