Looper Distributor?

[fbref5269]

charlie,

we're showing our age. mr peabody and sheman were great. will i need them for the points, condensor and coils for the looper?

frank

[Aeroliner]

I beleive that the points are same as used in the Phelon mags found an Merc A and B engines plus others. The condensor looks like the old Evintude style but I'm not sure. Looking again the coils look like the Phelon coils on my A looper. I have one in an original phelon box.

Alan

[Boatwrx]

The breaker points (OEM # 398-174 NLA) should be still available thru Sierra . Try part number 18-5153. Last I knew they are about $10.00 per set. The condenser (OEM # 398-2203 Is a good number) also available thru Seirra #18-5212. Pick up one of each to be sure.

Ken Scoville
Boulder, CO

[fbref5269]

thanks for the leads. the condensor mounting piece is 90 degrees from the one i have on the a looper i have. i'll pick up a set to see if they are the right ones.

in one of the other posts here they said the ignition had a tendency to miss and at one race they sounded like popcorn makers.

frank

[Frank Volker]

This is a QW ignition setup, cam and all. One of the biggest improvements in the flatheads was when we dumped the battery/points systems and went with the Merc CD/distributor setups. The battery/point setups gave us problems on every engine. If you were running one on the dyno and even thought about "brackish", the engine would start missing.

Frank V

[Gene East]

Frank is absolutely correct with his comment about "brackish". Judging from the pictures, I'd say this engine has run in water a little more than just brackish.

By the way Frank, I drove past Front and Vermont today. It's been 4 weeks since River House closed and Kutters hasn't reopened that side yet.

Must be doing some major remodeling>

[Frank Volker]

Must be doing some major remodeling>

Gene,
Hopefully, the remodeling doesn't result in a fern bar decor with the daily special being catfish-shaped tofu.