Model A or T distributor

[MoMac]

I have what I was told by the owner of a F12 that this was a removed Ford A or T distributor He told me it would replace the mag and would run off a 6 volt battery. Anyone
seen this setup?

 

[redforlife]

Anything off a 4 cylinder (mag or distributor), could be made to work on an F-12, (IF) you could figure out away to mount it and turn it in synk with the engine. Not sure how easily that can be done with Model T or A parts.

F-4 mags are easy to find (what it's suppose to have). I'd just put one of them on, what is suppose to be on there. Sell the model T/A parts.

 

[Oldiron29]

Not sure how a ford distributor would bolt up?? But have seen where On an Farmall F-12 the F-4 mag was removed and a very simple plate with drive disc was homemade to bolt on an H-4 mag. Also have seen a Farmall distributor from a model A,B,C,H,M would bolt up to this same mag adaptor plate and than you could run a distributor and coil setup. I currently do not have any set up like this on a tractor now so no good pictures. The adaptor plate was homemade nothing you could buy over the counter.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

I can narrow it down. Model T never had a distributor.

 

[wore out]

(quoted from post at 09:57:26 04/12/22) I have what I was told by the owner of a F12 that this was a removed Ford A or T distributor He told me it would replace the mag and would run off a 6 volt battery. Anyone
seen this setup?

Well, you can rule out a Model T distributor 'cause they didn't have one!

They used 4 individual "buzz coils" and a "low tension tension timer".

Of course, there were aftermarket versions.

 

[cdmn]

I've got an old distributer that looks like a magneto. It is really light.
You have to consider which direction it turns and also the internal speed ratio.
Many aircraft magnetos run the wrong direction for tractors.
Some seem to run at engine speed, others at some fraction of engine speed, with a reduction.
They also may have offset tangs that couple it to the drive shaft. Don't force it.
I suppose your guy could be talking about a 9N distributor. I'd have to think about
which way it would rotate. It is direct drive from the camshaft on a Ford. that's
opposite to engine crank direction. However, the H drive runs the same direction as the
crankshaft, but the distributer points backwards, so I think that works out. I know Fords
have offset tangs.

 

[John M]

Pics are worth a thousand words.

 

[SadFarmall]

A Model A Ford distributor might be made to work if q different cap were fitted to it. The only way a model T had a distributor fitted, so far as I am aware, was a special Bosch magneto attachment. By that, I mean the Bosch magneto has a distributor, similar to an IHC F4 magneto. By distributor, I mean just the part of the magneto assembly, which distributes spark to each cylinder at the correct time - no battery and coil assembly.
You can see information on magneto set up for model T Fords at:
https://oldcroak.com/bosch-magneto-for-ford-model-t/
SadFarmall