franklin2
Well-Known Member
Odd question, what is the difference between a Bosch distributor/rotor and not?
I ran into this when searching for a distributor for my 2.8 conversion. Apparently the old Mustang II's and pinto with the v6 had either a Ford built distributor or a Bosch built distributor. If you have a Ford dist of course you need the Ford cap and rotor. When I ordered my 2.8 distributor, I was not sure exactly what I was going to get, so I had to wait till I got it before I could figure out what cap and rotor I needed. When it came in it had Motorcraft numbers all over it, so I ordered The Ford adapter and the thin dist top and rotor so they all matched. I think the bosch had a one piece tall cap.
And I found the original TFI distributor was totally different, none of the rotor or cap parts would fit the 1979 distributor I bought.
Someone mentioned it in a previous post, I wonder if the original thread starter may have mixed and matched the wrong cap/rotor/distributor parts. These older 2.8 parts from the 70's are getting harder to buy. Every store I went to had to order this stuff and it was several days getting it.