Hello Guys,
I picked up a distributor at a garage sale. It is a genuine ford rebuilt one in the original box.The guy said his dad worked on cars years ago and he had this left. The part number on the box is C4TZ-12127-GA does anyone know what this fits. I got it cheap so I went ahead and bought it. I need one for my 292 , so hopefully this one is it?

Thanks for the help.

 

Rebuilt part numbers are not listed in Ford Parts Catalogs, because the FoMoCo "Authorized Rebuilders" used different parts catalogs.

Look on the side of the dizzy for a stamped ID number, post what it is.

 

A couple pics would help too. A fresh Y block distributor is a good find.

 

I'm looking forward to Bill chiming in because the closest I can get in my 1967 Autolite reference book is CTZ4-12127-G for the 391.

Well Bill already replied and with the question about what is on the side of the distributor. I tend to slow down on the enter button when thinking...

 

It has a number of C4TF 12102 C hope this helps.

Thanks

 

Does the part number on the distributor match the box number? From what I found the GA is a small block distributor. Match it up to your original, pump drive size, gear count and length.

 

C5TZ-12127-AF (replaced C4TZ-12127-E) .. Distributor Assy / Marked: C4TF-12102-C (Motorcraft DA-920) / Obsolete

1964/68 B/C/CF/F/N/NT 600/800 330 2V Heavy Duty & 361 2V FT engines.

 

What is the part numbers prefix for this ^ GA distributor?

OP's dizzy: C4TZ-12127-GA .. C4TZ is a 1964 truck part number prefix. What truck in 1964 came w/a small block? None!

 

Thanks for the help guys I did not get hurt. I only paid the guy 2.00 for it at the garage sale.

Just wish I could find one for a 292. I guess I will have to o with NAPA.

I new the length was different because it had a tach hook up on it. But I though I could add a tachometer to my truck.

 

Thanks Number Dummy !!!

 

C3TZ-12127-K .. 292 Distributor (Motorcraft DA-647) / Obsolete

1963/64 F100/700 // 1963/64 P350/400 // 1963/64 C500/700 & N500/700.

GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has 1 = 800-543-4959.

 

How many people have called Green Sales looking for that particular "disturber" I wonder. Ten bucks sez they don't have it. NAPA won't have it either, beware the SBF ersatz distributors from the "remanufactured" folks.

 

I have been told that there are a couple of parts in that distributor that are unobtanium. Here is a link to a not cheap solution, Best in Industry Y-Block Distributor cutom built in the USA for your USA Built Ford Y-Block

It might be cheaper to have someone like these guys rebuild your distributor. Also A1 Cardone has a rebuild service but I don't know if they do Y blocks.

 

I believe they need a core for those, too. At least the hex end of the shaft & the gear. A few seconds with a hacksaw will take care of it. The only NOS distributor shafts available seem to be of the earlier type.

I rebuilt an extra distributor had laying around and it's way more involved than it might seem at a glance. The '57 recipe - with the heavy comma shaped centrifugal weights - the distributor cam/reluctor is getting hard to find, as are the weights. The hardened steel pins wear the slots, gets all loosey goosey & erratic timing. They also used for an even shorter period, a ball bearing breaker plate for a while. The pin slots in the reluctor could be brazed up and filed, depending if the cam itself isn't chewed up. The weights are still available from DC.

The bushing used was the oilite type. No big deal there, but what you'll find is both the distributor shaft and bush needs replaced as a pair. And then round up a reluctor that takes the comma shaped weights - good luck - as the only new shafts that seem available take that style weights, etc.

Then, position a new drive gear on the new shaft within .005" of the specified location and drill it. Not a big deal but to do it right isn't the average DIYer who just wants to get grampas Sunliner going again.

None of the "Krylon Professionals" are going to rebuild them to spec, they don't have the time or the parts. No way, not even close. That's how the debacle started with SBF distributors in the first place.

 

Quite a few people called them. I called the next day around 11 and asked if they had it. They said they sold it that morning and had several more people call about it. I just wonder how much they got for it?