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I was wondering what I call the "advance plate" that turns the distributor on a 1927 looks like. The 1928 "advance plate" has a screw that goes into the block to hold it in place. But the '27 block does not have a screw hole. Can I just use a '28 "advance plate" on the '27?

There are two very different distributors in 1927. One is like the '28 and does not have the bolt in the block to hold it in place. The entire distributor housing rotates when advance or retard. The other is like earlier distributors that has a bolt to hold it in the block and a lever to rotate the point plate in the distributor housing. The are not interchangeable.

Thanks Chipper. That helps a lot about the advance/retard on the '27. I was wondering if you or anyone out there has a picture of the connection/lever system so I can set mine up properly.

A few years ago I bought a couple of 4 cylinder engines from another member in the Seattle area. One was a 28 which I kept but the other one was a 27. The story was that it was used to power a wrecker in a junk yard. The interesting thing was that they had used a distributor out of some Chevrolet V8. Probably a 283, or a 327 and they used every other distributor cap hole.. The vacuum advance was hooked up, no mechanical. I have another 28 engine someone rebuilt and it has a 4 cylinder Autolite distributor with the vacuum advance.

A few years ago I bought a couple of 4 cylinder engines from another member in the Seattle area. One was a 28 which I kept but the other one was a 27. The story was that it was used to power a wrecker in a junk yard. The interesting thing was that they had used a distributor out of some Chevrolet V8. Probably a 283, or a 327 and they used every other distributor cap hole.. The vacuum advance was hooked up, no mechanical. I have another 28 engine someone rebuilt and it has a 4 cylinder Autolite distributor with the vacuum advance.