Distributor advance spring or is it springs?

1st Official Post

    I just cleaned up the C3OF 12127 D dated 3ME and removed the plate above the centrifugal advance weights. The rectangular plate is stamped 13 degrees and there is a spring on only one side on the weights. The other side has the same bracket for a spring but no spring. Should it be there or did Ford only use one on the dual point distributors? This is a 64.5 engine. I'm also putting in the Petronix system made for the dual point distributor. Any recommendations?

    • Official Post

    Your C3OF-D distributor originally came with two springs although they were different from each other. One of them was most likely removed as an old hot rodding trick to make the advance come on quicker. The only problem with that trick is that sometimes the distributor does not fully return to its non advanced position. You can usually tell when that happens as the engine will sometimes crank hard.


    -Fred-

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