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Dick W Pirkey
 Dick W Pirkey
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Topic starter May 25, 2024 10:53 am  

Is there a seal on the distributor where that indented ring in the block, where the distributor is installed?

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Stovblt
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May 25, 2024 11:59 am  

Hi Dick

I'm pretty sure the answer is no.

Any seal would cause resistance.

Any resistance would impede the vacuum advances ability to turn the whole distributor for timing changes.

i know mine doesn't.  🙂

Ole S Olson
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Dick W Pirkey
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Topic starter May 25, 2024 12:11 pm  

TY... my only thought was would oil leak there.


   
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May 25, 2024 12:40 pm  

@johnny-reb 

Short answer is... no.

That said, 216's are not perfectly sealed.  🙂

There may be a little seepage, but very little.

Mine doesn't leak enough to ever make a drip.

Just gets a little dirty around the edges.

Ole S Olson
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Dick W Pirkey
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Topic starter May 25, 2024 2:48 pm  

@ole-olson ..........TY


   
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