need a 246 distributor

Took the distributor apart today and its destroyed inside. The pivot posts for the weights are trashed, because of that, the weights swing out on an angle wearing a big groove in the two slotted tabs that control the shaft's advance (almost wore right through) and the weights themselves are damaged. Anyone have a distributor for a 71 246 or some internal parts? The housing is fine but thats about it!

Thanks.

 

Don't know if these are all the parts you need, but, superformance has much of what you want.

http://www.superformance.co.uk/a-246/ignition.htm

I used their internals to rebuild the distributor on my Dino.

DM

 

Thanks Dave that covers what I need, im surprised they have all the internals.

Paul.

 

Newman,
I just went through this on my 246. This was the 2nd time the brand new weights came apart in about 8000 miles. what I did was install an MSD programable ignition. I had already gotten rid of the points and put in a trigger wheel and pickup. Now no more weights the advance is set with a laptop. The car has never run better. PM me if you would like any more info would be happy to help.
Peter

 

superformance does have all the internals and you will get your car back on the road with their stuff BUT their stuff is NOT plug-and-play, their weights will need cleaning up, the springs are much too strong and you will need someone with a distributor machine to set up the distributor. I was quite disappointed with the superformance quality but since I have a distributor machine, I was able to get everything working with their parts.

 

Good idea, that would be a similar approach as with the BSMpdi setup. If you weld the upper T holding the rotor (which you can also get from Superformance) to the axle and remove the weights, you have a locked out distributor and can do the timing via the MSD 6530:
http://www.msdignition.com/Products/Ignitions/6530_-_MSD_Digital_Programmable_6AL-2.aspx

With such a setup you can also easily run a more optimized advance curve without spending time at the distributor machine to get the curves right.

 

Thanks for the great info Peter , ill get the distributor first and consider your update. Now I just need to sort out the Magnesium valve cover treatment to get them looking right!

Paul.

 

dinoparts.de also has the goods.

http://www.dinoparts.de/EN/ferrari-246-gt-gts/ignition/distributor/rotor-weight-set.html

they'll also do a rebuild on the distributor for you.

I have used them for other parts. I used the superformance parts to do my distributor 5 years ago and those parts are still running in the car, at least to the best of my knowledge.

My mechanic did have the right sun machine to fine tune it.

D

 

I have one which probably needs rebuild Given that, it's complete and seems OK. If you are interested, call me 203-561-9870.

Steve

 

I forgot to give you my email address. Steve@elljescom