Crosley-Gang@groups.io | Distributor Question

Vespa Roberto

#37799

Dear Seb

I am Italian can you suggest me which distributor is mounted on the 1950 crosley engine or compatible distributor
thank you

Roberto Vespa

Jim Bollman

#37802

If I understand what you are looking for.

Crosley used two different distributors a Small Distributor - Auto Lite UGW-4181-C and a Large Distributor - Auto Lite IAD-40038 3F. There were also a couple of magnetos also used for military use and are intended for a constant speed, one is belt driven the other goes in the same hole as the distributor. After market racing magnetos were offered by a couple of companies, expensive and hard to find.

I don't know of any other compatible distributors. You can get a replacement distributor from one of our Crosley parts suppliers like Service Motors, Dave Edwards, or Yankee Crosley. http://crosleyautoclub.com/PartsSuppliers.html

JIm...

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On Jan 30, 2020, at 6:26 AM, Vespa Roberto <info@...> wrote:

Dear Seb
I am Italian can you suggest me which distributor is mounted on the 1950 crosley engine or compatible distributor
thank you
Roberto Vespa

aeropower2

#37803

Crosley used two different distributors a Small Distributor - Auto Lite UGW-4181-C and a Large Distributor - Auto Lite IAD-40038 3F.

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From: Vespa Roberto <info@...>
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Subject: [Crosley-Gang] Distributor Question

Dear Seb

I am Italian can you suggest me which distributor is mounted on the 1950 crosley engine or compatible distributor
thank you

Roberto Vespa

dkduster70@...

#37804

Is there anyone that can clarify some information about the small and large distributors.
Are they interchangeable, and is there any advantage to using either a large or small one if they are interchangeable?
I have wondered about this, and it seemed relevant to this conversation.

seb fontana

#37809

I'd love to get my hands on a large distributor because it would be easier to get my fingers into it!!

Jim Bollman

#37810

I have never owned an engine with the big distributor and I don't know why it was made, but it sticks in my mind that it takes a bigger hole in the crankcase. There are not a lot of them around.

Hopefully someone knows more about the big distributor.

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On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:56 AM, dkduster70 via Groups.Io <dkduster70@...> wrote:

Is there anyone that can clarify some information about the small and large distributors.
Are they interchangeable, and is there any advantage to using either a large or small one if they are interchangeable?
I have wondered about this, and it seemed relevant to this conversation.

Butch

#37811

Nope Jim, same size hole, they are interchangeable. Be aware, the tune up parts, for the large distributor, are MUCH more expensive than the more common, small distributors.

I believe that they were used on some commercial engines. The racers liked them, supposedly they were more stable at speed, but I never checked one in my distributor machine, to verify that.

That said, they are easier to work on and as I recall, the points are a bit easier to set, also.

Butch

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On 2/1/2020 2:59 PM, Jim Bollman wrote:

I have never owned an engine with the big distributor and I don't know why it was made, but it sticks in my mind that it takes a bigger hole in the crankcase. There are not a lot of them around.

Hopefully someone knows more about the big distributor.

On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:56 AM, dkduster70 via Groups.Io <dkduster70@...> wrote:

Is there anyone that can clarify some information about the small and large distributors.
Are they interchangeable, and is there any advantage to using either a large or small one if they are interchangeable?
I have wondered about this, and it seemed relevant to this conversation.

Jim Bollman

#37812

Thanks Butch.

I know I saw a bare crankcase with a bigger distributor hole at Wauseon years ago, now I have no idea what it was, maybe someones experiment.

Jim...

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On Feb 1, 2020, at 3:51 PM, Butch via Groups.Io <butch46988@...> wrote:

Nope Jim, same size hole, they are interchangeable. Be aware, the tune up parts, for the large distributor, are MUCH more expensive than the more common, small distributors.

I believe that they were used on some commercial engines. The racers liked them, supposedly they were more stable at speed, but I never checked one in my distributor machine, to verify that.

That said, they are easier to work on and as I recall, the points are a bit easier to set, also.

Butch

On 2/1/2020 2:59 PM, Jim Bollman wrote:

I have never owned an engine with the big distributor and I don't know why it was made, but it sticks in my mind that it takes a bigger hole in the crankcase. There are not a lot of them around.

Hopefully someone knows more about the big distributor.

On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:56 AM, dkduster70 via Groups.Io <dkduster70@...> wrote:

Is there anyone that can clarify some information about the small and large distributors.
Are they interchangeable, and is there any advantage to using either a large or small one if they are interchangeable?
I have wondered about this, and it seemed relevant to this conversation.

Butch

#37813

Yes, those are NICE, as they allow you to remove the distributor from the top, without dropping the oil pan.

They use an aluminum adapter, to go from the distributor size shaft, to the oversize hole.

I'm not exactly sure of there origin.

Butch

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On 2/1/2020 4:09 PM, Jim Bollman wrote:

Thanks Butch.?

I know I saw a bare crankcase with a bigger distributor hole at Wauseon years ago, now I have no idea what it was, maybe someones experiment.

Jim...

On Feb 1, 2020, at 3:51 PM, Butch via Groups.Io <butch46988@...> wrote:

Nope Jim, same size hole, they are interchangeable. Be aware, the tune up parts, for the large distributor, are MUCH more expensive than the more common, small distributors.

I believe that they were used on some commercial engines. The racers liked them, supposedly they were more stable at speed, but I never checked one in my distributor machine, to verify that.

That said, they are easier to work on and as I recall, the points are a bit easier to set, also.

Butch

On 2/1/2020 2:59 PM, Jim Bollman wrote:

I have never owned an engine with the big distributor and I don't know why it was made, but it sticks in my mind that it takes a bigger hole in the crankcase. There are not a lot of them around.

Hopefully someone knows more about the big distributor.

On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:56 AM, dkduster70 via Groups.Io <dkduster70@...> wrote:

Is there anyone that can clarify some information about the small and large distributors.
Are they interchangeable, and is there any advantage to using either a large or small one if they are interchangeable?
I have wondered about this, and it seemed relevant to this conversation.

jon henry

#38888

My crofton 53ci has an oversized hole in it. Looking fo a distributer

jon henry

#38889

I believe the large distributor is the same as the old willys flathead jeep

Butch

#38890

It takes the same, standard Crosley distributor. There is an adapter, to adapt the distributor to the crankcase.

The advantage of the large hole is, it allows the distributor gear to pass thru the crankcase, so the distributor can be removed, without dropping the oil pan.

Butch

On 12/11/2020 2:01 PM, jon henry via groups.io wrote:

I believe the large distributor is the same as the old willys flathead jeep
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Tim Hamblen

#38891

Having 6 cars and only one with the large distributor (an Aerojet) for me it's just so darn easy to put new parts in the large one. Yes the parts cost more but how often do we really change points and condenser ?

jon henry

#38892

I see. I was missing the bushing from the equation. That solve that. Make a bushing it is. Thanks