'83 3.0 Distributor Vac Pod Questions

[Jameel]

I'm rebuilding mine with help from Gunter's excellent posts. Got a few questions.

1. Which nipple is advance, and which is retard? I'm pretty sure I've figured out that A is advance.

2. If I disconnect the retard from my throttle body (ala Steve Weiner), I assume I should cap off the nipples on both the TB and the dizzy.

3. The movement of the arm on the vacuum pod is sluggish, like the insides are a bit gummy. What's inside? and what's the best way to clean in there without making things worse?

Thanks!

[rwest]

Hi Jameel,

Was just about to ask you if you've rebuilt your distributor. Sorry I can't help you on the vacuum question, good luck, you'll have it running soon.

Rutager

[87maniac]

Tim Irwin video:

[arbita1]

Originally Posted by Jameel

I'm rebuilding mine with help from Gunter's excellent posts. Got a few questions.



1. Which nipple is advance, and which is retard? I'm pretty sure I've figured out that A is advance.



2. If I disconnect the retard from my throttle body (ala Steve Weiner), I assume I should cap off the nipples on both the TB and the dizzy.



3. The movement of the arm on the vacuum pod is sluggish, like the insides are a bit gummy. What's inside? and what's the best way to clean in there without making things worse?



Thanks!

1. A is advance. B is retard.

2. I capped both nipples. Throttle body and vacuum pod.

3. Look up distributor service on the search. There is a thread that shows you how to take it apart and clean it. My vacuum advance was not working at all until I cleaned and freed it all up.


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[Jameel]

Excellent! Tim's video is exactly what I've been doing with mine with my Mity Vac. Great!

My retard isn't holding though, but the advance is. I'm going to call it good.

I did just come back in from the shop and removed my pinion gear. There's a plastic/phenolic washer down at the bottom. It was sandwiched between the two shims/washers in the picture. I didn't get a new one of those in my ************ rebuild kit. Is it something I can leave out if I replace its thickness with the steels shims that came in my kit?

[Jameel]

Well I did a little research and answered my own question. My rebuild kit did come with an oil-lite bronze shim to replace the fiber one. So looks like I'm good to go.

[SCadaddle]

The simple approach I took to disabling the retard function at the vacuum pod was to remove the hose, place a small nipple cap over the stem on the pod and then fit a golf tee to the line, then looping the line into the spark plug leads so it is available should I need it in the future.