Vintage?
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Michael Mayben
IHPA Tech Moderator - Retired & No Longer Online
What you have is a delco distributor! That is the best sparkmaker ya can run onna IH motor!!!
They are bulletproof and easily worked over if the advance curve needs to be dialed in.
Around the base hopefully there is an aluminum band that contains the IH p/n along with the delco number. If ya can very carefully remove it and post the number, I'll tell ya what it's parentage was.
You will see the delco distributor along with many other IH apps in this thread, post #5:
http://www.forums.IHPartsAmerica.com/ignition-tech/642-ihc-vehicle-distributor-identification.html
That unit was used in "some" I-4 and sv apps up through the end of the '71 model run. The I-4 version is identical except for the point cam and the cap. Those are very desirable!
They are bulletproof and easily worked over if the advance curve needs to be dialed in.
Around the base hopefully there is an aluminum band that contains the IH p/n along with the delco number. If ya can very carefully remove it and post the number, I'll tell ya what it's parentage was.
You will see the delco distributor along with many other IH apps in this thread, post #5:
http://www.forums.IHPartsAmerica.com/ignition-tech/642-ihc-vehicle-distributor-identification.html
That unit was used in "some" I-4 and sv apps up through the end of the '71 model run. The I-4 version is identical except for the point cam and the cap. Those are very desirable!
IHCrawler
Member
First one I have run into on all the scouts I have worked on. Are they less common than other dizzys?
Michael Mayben
IHPA Tech Moderator - Retired & No Longer Online
Not at all uncommon on sv engines in any app from their introduction in late c/y '58 thru phaseout of that distributor for IH sometime in c/y '71.
And this is why I continuously ask folks to properly identify various vehicle components before asking questions or posting responses! Twenty five to fifty years after any IH vehicle was born who knows what anything bolted on might be???
Which distributor was used oem in what platform was very dependent upon how the vehicle was spec'd for line assembly when it was born, even a distributor could be part of an engineered powertrain package that is unique to just a few, seemingly unrelated order point callouts for a specific vocational vehicle application.fleet order.
Same for the delco "mag pulse" ignition system, a very rare and highly sought-after sparker made famous on the original z-28 camaro and other GM muscle products of that era. But ya could spec one onna IH loadstar medium duty truck!
I'm working with a friend right now onna '75 200 pickup. And guess what...it has a delco iron distributor mounted...so it's been swapped in at some point as the oem Holley gold box amplifier is still mounted on the fire wall.
This same scenario is seen over and over regarding Scout II platform..."most" had a Holley 1510 distributor with points, and then many with the gold box variation. But a like number had a prestolite points sparker and later a prestolite electronic unit.
Irrespective of this forum alone (the only IH-related I-net resource I deal on), there is not a single day that goes by that I don't get pm's. Emails, and phone calls regarding the subject of "what distributor do I have?", "what carburetor do I have?", "what transmission /axle set do I have?", "what engine do I have?", etc. And without part numbers, pictures, model codes, etc. It's impossible to provide correct information for that person's question! These rigs were not chryfordrolets, hell man you could order a Scout 800 "glider" if ya wanted one...or just a rolling chassis if so desired!
And this is why I continuously ask folks to properly identify various vehicle components before asking questions or posting responses! Twenty five to fifty years after any IH vehicle was born who knows what anything bolted on might be???
Which distributor was used oem in what platform was very dependent upon how the vehicle was spec'd for line assembly when it was born, even a distributor could be part of an engineered powertrain package that is unique to just a few, seemingly unrelated order point callouts for a specific vocational vehicle application.fleet order.
Same for the delco "mag pulse" ignition system, a very rare and highly sought-after sparker made famous on the original z-28 camaro and other GM muscle products of that era. But ya could spec one onna IH loadstar medium duty truck!
I'm working with a friend right now onna '75 200 pickup. And guess what...it has a delco iron distributor mounted...so it's been swapped in at some point as the oem Holley gold box amplifier is still mounted on the fire wall.
This same scenario is seen over and over regarding Scout II platform..."most" had a Holley 1510 distributor with points, and then many with the gold box variation. But a like number had a prestolite points sparker and later a prestolite electronic unit.
Irrespective of this forum alone (the only IH-related I-net resource I deal on), there is not a single day that goes by that I don't get pm's. Emails, and phone calls regarding the subject of "what distributor do I have?", "what carburetor do I have?", "what transmission /axle set do I have?", "what engine do I have?", etc. And without part numbers, pictures, model codes, etc. It's impossible to provide correct information for that person's question! These rigs were not chryfordrolets, hell man you could order a Scout 800 "glider" if ya wanted one...or just a rolling chassis if so desired!
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IHCrawler
Member
I am familiar with most of the sv distributors, just had not run into one of these yet and needed the help of someone with your experience to id this one for me. I will try to retrieve the tag.