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tasb
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 Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject: Split Window Distributor Restore Question |
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Wondering if anyone in this forum has ever removed/repaired/reinstalled the outer vent cap on an early distribtor like this one? Just trying to learn what I will encounter before I start. You don't come across one of these everyday. It is date stamped May 1949.
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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You have to be very careful removing them or you know the results.
They are pretty fragile and i've never been able to repair one.
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Glenn
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I just checked my old rusted cores and I do have a early 383 but the vent is rusted solid and started to disintegrate as soon as I touched it.
You could salvage one from a early VJ4BR8 or VJU4BR8, but they have to be from a 54 or maybe a 55.
You could just put a later ozone vent since it's better than nothing.
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tasb
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It is still functional so maybe I will leave it in place, it is what it is... ?
Is the assembly a single piece or two parts?
I have some distributors that are later than 55 that have the same vent assembly so perhaps there is no early vs later version of vent?
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virtanen
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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tasb
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Thank you Mika on your very kind offer.
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tasb
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Well, thanks to Mika (Virtanen) I found an answer to my own question. The ozone vent cap is a one piece deal. It has a small screen inside the larger screen outside though. Thought I would post some pics of the part since Mika was kind enough to send it my way. It was shipped very quickly too. I am still waiting on a part from Venezuela six weeks later...
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