Distrubutor Identity

[Carajas]

Hello everyone

wondering if you can help ?

havng recently purchased a 1961 car (875425) I am courious of the distributor identificatiom

the number/lettters on the body are DMBZ8A - 40528B - GC68 - 6-59

So I assume the part was manufactured in 1959 - so my question is, is this the original distributor

It strikes me as odd that a 1959 item would be fitted to a 61 car - maybe this distributor came from a XK150 or similar engine ???



Any ideas appreciated

thanks

Tony

[abowie]

40528A/B DMBZ6A 1956-59 Jaguar 2.4 Ltr Mk 2 8:1 CR

The correct one for your car is probably 40617A/D which you can pay a fortune for on EBay.

I've emailled you the ultimate in nerdery; the list of all Lucas dizzies by number. You can compare the two and see how they differ.

[MarkRado]

Send yours to the distributor doctor Martin Jay, he will rebuild it to correct spec incl the lettering/ numbers

[cactusman]

Hi Andrew. Any chance you could post the distributor nerdery on the forum somewhere so other nerdy types could get a fix

[mgcjag]

Hi Julian there is a huge section of Lucas info already in the Knowledge base section....and distributor part numbers are shown in the electrical section of the service manual relating to your model...Steve

[cactusman]

will do some nerding!

[abowie]

http://www.classicvehicledata.com/wp-co ... 46to60.pdf
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/ignition/pdf ... _specs.pdf