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Need new distributor gear for 351w roller- what part number??

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jruppert

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I am in need of a different gear for the distributor since I am putting a roller cam in this 351w roller block. The distributor I got was out of a 96 351w. Since I need to change the gear do you know what part number it is? Ford Racing shows this part number:

M-12390-F Steel Yellow 1.249" 0.531" All 302/351W hydraulic roller tappet engines with EFI and 351W Duraspark.
or do I go this gear:

M-12390-E Bronze Bronze with
Blue Stripe 1.249" 0.531" All 302 hydraulic (flat or roller) tappet engines with EFI.
All 351W engines.

Any help would be appreciated
 

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anyone?
 

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I do believe you want the steel gear.

I am not sure on the part number as I think there may have been 2 different IDs that were used on 351w distributor gears. Maybe?

If you double check with a good parts store like NAPA, you should be ok.

jason
 

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thanks for the info. i was told that since i got it out of a 96 that it should already have the steel gear. i need to take a look at it and find out for sure before dropping it in there.
 

vristang

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Wow, I completely missed that.
1994 and up 351w all had roller cams. You are good to go, as long as you are confident about what year the dist came out of.

jason
 
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