gleninsandiego

Past threads say Lars is the man,
but Lars is no longer rebuilding them

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Glenn in San Diego

Nowhere Man

Try your local engine machine shop

Donald #31176

http://z28camaro.com/restoration-services/

http://www.ignitionengineering.com/d...ebuilding.html

TR54

I used Advanced Distributors. Business card attached. I believe that he did a good job, but this is my first rodeo, and I have not run the motor yet.

wilcar

Jeff has rebuilt and recurved 2 points distributors for me with great results. One for my carbed 84 C4 and one for my 455 65 Gto. Got each of mine back within 2 weeks. Highly recommend Jeff!

Powershift

Don Baker i Chicago. https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...storation.html

Larry

silver837

Don did my 63 FI dist. a few years ago. He did a outstanding job and it was not expensive. Recommend him 100 % .

LouieM

Dave Fiedler at http://www.tispecialty.com/index.htm rebuilt my distributor more than a dozen hears ago and it's been flawless since. He's also an NCRS member.

Harry66

Another recommendation for Dave Fielder / TI Specialty. He just restored my distributor and amp, also got a new coil and harness from him. Haven't installed but sure looks nice.

Gale Banks 80'

No mention on why it needs to be rebuilt. I got all the parts to rebuild one from Chicago Corvette. They do them and I understand they have a pretty good rep.

Aflyer

Don Baker also did my 1965 FI distributer.
Reasonable charges, great turnaround, and as has already been said, he is a very nice person to talk to.
George

gleninsandiego

Thanks for the help
The reason is, I am redoing everything else in the car
might at well do the distributor

Project creep at its finest

Glenn

Powershift

Dave F is very very good...............but he is also very very expensive. So call a few places to get estimates on the work. Unless $$$$ is not a concern.

Using Dave F or Don B you really can't go wrong. Also check turnaround time, since they might have a bearing on your decision. If the main shaft gear is in good shape, and the two Oillite bearings are still good and tight, rebuilding is really really easy........... and we have excellent tutorials available here on CF. But if shaft or bearing change is needed, the difficulty goes up.

Larry

67's

Where did you hear that? From them?

Nowhere Man

I am not saying all the above names don't do great work and I am sure they do. but doesn't anyone get work done local any more. I know this is a dying thing but in a larger town/city there has got to be a shop that does it.

BIGDAVE33

I just had mine rebuilt by Dave T.I. specialty , works great . I decided to go with Dave he does a complete restoration and comes back looking new. My car is top flight original so money well worth for quality job. He uses quality parts and know his stuff. I could not find any local guys, and Dave is really great at communication before and after repair.

SWCDuke

Doing a "blueprint overhaul" of a Delco single point distributor is a pretty simple DIY job as long as the shaft bushings are okay, but any competent engine shop should be able to replace them if they are excessively worn.

The basic step by step disassembly/assembly procedure and an exploded parts drawing is in the 1963 Corvette Shop Manual and later COMs. I documented a "blueprint overhaul" of a '65 L-79 distributor in a thread I started (easy search) with additional tips on what to look for. Parts are readily available, except the breaker plate AFAIK, and my tuning seminar (also an easy search here and on the web) provides spark advance map suggestions for all engine configurations and how to achieve them.

The key thing to remember is the orientation of the gear dimple. This is not mentioned in any of the service literature. If the camshaft is properly manufactured it should point in the same direction as the rotor tip, but some aftermarket cams may require it to be indexed the other way. Definitely note the dimple orientation before you remove it.

Duke

Easy Rhino

Duke;

Not sure but I had been digging around in the Zip catalogue and this is shown: https://www.zip-corvette.com/corvett...ase-plate.html

Is that the part you speak of as not available? Is there something wrong with the ones being offered these days?

Not asking for me - mine is fine.

My lower bushing; however, is at .007 runout and egg-shaped from the torque applied from the cam gear, so mine has to be rebushed and honed, dammit.

Powershift

The baseplates are still available if you look. Zip appears to be one place, but baseplate is listed as a reproduction. Ebay has NOS and reproductions. . I bought mine a few months ago from LICS.......NOS D-R.

Just beware of the reproductions that are not original Delco-Remy. Not certain how good these units are............but D-R ones can still be had. These plates don't generally go bad, except for the short grounding wire. These wires can be made or purchased and soldered to the old baseplate.

Larry

big block ken

I had Dave from T.I. Specialty rebuild the original non-T.I. ignition distributor from my one family owned '66 427/390. It had 90k miles on it and after trying everything, this was my last resort. He works fast and is honest about what the distributor needs. He also returns the old parts. After replacing the shaft, springs, weights, and having it converted to the Lectric Limited breakerless ignition system, the tab was $1,400. It was sticker shock. But it's good for life. And it now runs with no hesitation or pinging. One thing about Dave is that he likes to use the phone, not email. And don't mention using one of those "high performance" coils that don't have the correct low resistance for use with the stock firewall resistor! Or he'll blow a fuse! Use the inexpensive ($30) Standard Ignition coil that NAPA sells.


1966 Corvette 427/390 rebuilt & converted distributor