1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

[Robert J.]

Has anyone in the Portland Oregon area used or know of a quality machine shop that rebuilds old tach drive distributors?

Thanks.
Bob

[Don H.]

Re: 1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

Bob
this question should go in the Tech Discussion Board.
Someone will have an answer for you
Good luck,

[Michael L.]

Re: 1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

Has anyone in the Portland Oregon area used or know of a quality machine shop that rebuilds old tach drive distributors?

Thanks.
Bob

Bob,

The Rebuilding of the old tachs has probably gone out of style with many of the machine shops. These tachs are of a unique enough nature that it pays to have a specialist in this area do this for you. You should be getting copies of Driveline with your membership and you can find someone in there who specailizes in doing this. That's definitley where I would advise you to start.

Mike

[Allen N.]

Re: 1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

Bob

I would recommend Dave Fiedler. He restored the distributor on my 70 LS5. He is in the Driveline, and his website can be found at:

http://www.tispecialty.com/consulting.htm

Allen

[Duke W.]

Re: 1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

As long as the bushings are okay it's easy for a DIYer to rebuild it. The procedure is in your COM, but don't forget to install the gear with the dimple pointing to the rotor tip. The service literature doesn't mention this.

Get a shim kit and shim up the end ply to 2-7 thou, and it's also a good opportunity to optiimize the spark advance map per my tuning seminar.

Duike

[Robert J.]

Re: 1969 350 tach drive distributor needs rebuilding

Thanks for everyone's input. I called Dave and after talking with him for ~30 minutes decided to send mine to him for rebuilding. Hard to beat 40+ years of experience and expertise!