Oiling holes
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Oiling holes
Exactly how does these oiling holes work. The bearing blocks the hole. This is an original part, bearing has not been replaced. My distributor is the same way. Only thing I can think of is the oiling flappers are left overs from early years that actutally used a bearing with a hole in it and then somewhere back in the day, oil impregnated bearings were invented and used.
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THese were my dads and he bought them new (on the truck) and never had them rebuilt(they are in bad shape). I could believe they forgot to drill the generator bushing but the distributor too? I asked a guy at joblot ford parts and he said he has never seen a bushing with a hole in it.
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I have ran into this type on older FORD TRACTORS they are porous (like a knife sharpening stone) the oil eventually saturates and lubricates perhaps no one kept up on adding oil lending to their failure?
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Yep thats what they are. I looked in a Marks engineering handbook in the library and they are called Sintered Bronze bearings and will be able to soak up the oil. Thats pretty cool. Probably dont want to over do it since the brushes are close to the bearing. I saw an old car once that had a factory oil can mounted to the fire wall, handy for oiling these points.
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