ti distributor questions

[Wayne M.]

Re: ti distributor questions

There are quite a few 1111263 distributors out there yet. They were over the counter high performance units without a vacuum advance. They make good parts donors.

Dick -- that's what I thought too, but when I won an eBay NOS unit for $21 (my best score ever ; cost me more in shipping), and began to dismantle for comparison with a stock Corvette unit, there's almost NOTHING that can be salvaged, except as replacement for other '263's.
Check the thumbnails at bottom of the 3 auto-loads.

Different: mainshaft, rotating pole (although weight plate is same as 111238, on right). Maybe the advance weights and/or springs can be used elsewhere. The stationary (magnet) is glued to the base plate [lots of luck to remove intact]. Probably the inner coil wiring is the same. The main shaft casting has no provision for vac advance, and is designed for ball bearing insert, and a screw-on stationary pole. The cam drive gear is reverse drive, for reverse-rotating camshafts. The tach drive brass and gear can serve for Corvette production , though.

Ends up being a nice conversation piece .

[Jack H.]

Re: ti distributor questions

All you really need is the TI amplifier case and attaching harness. M&H Fabricators makes a 'drop-in' replacement amplifier module that's constructed from modern silicon based transistors instead of the dinosaur era germanium technology that was used in original amps, well known to be failure prone based on temperature and voltage stress...

It's about a 10-minute + straight forward job to crack the case on an original TI amplifier, gut the original PC board and install the replacement electronics module!