Flathead Mallory Dual Point Question

Can anyone tell me what the gap is for a Mallory dual point on a '49-'53 Ford Flathead? I lost all my literature and can't remember what to set them at. .014-.016 sticks in my head, but I'm not sure. Thanks, Flatheaded

 

Almost all points are gapped at .016 to .020 to "get it running" and a Dwell meter to get them "perfect". I have never used a dwell meter myself, so you might need additional info on that part.

 

Gap is .022 Dwell set @26 degrees for both, and a total of 33 degree dwell.

 

If you have an older Mallory dual-point (YC, ZC, Magspark and derivatives), check the thread below for PDFs of original documentation on the Mallory Magspark system, ZC/YC, etc. distributors. Installation instructions, exploded views, part numbers, pretty much everything I could dig up. Even Mini-Mag stuff. Got it direct from a good source at Mallory. It starts at posting#4 and continues with more original Mallory documents after that...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...php?t=351824#4

Cheers,
chrx

 

Watch out - some of those Mallory YLs have a SBC type advance curve in them.....mine did.

Rattled the hell outta my 8BA.

Rat

 

Great info. Thanks for the downloads.