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I’m needing the gentleman’s number who can put Anderson Timer internals in an Australian timer case. My contact information is meyre14t@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Mark Eyre

It’s been a few years since I had an original case rebuilt. But you could try Hutch and see if he can help.

Mark, I am curious as to why you would try? I have run USA LHD Anderson timers on my cars on several occassions. No need to change anything except, fit it upside with the rod control down below rather than up top. Yes, the oiler hole will be at the bottom, but the Anderson is generally greased and is easily lubed up by removing the spring anyway.

Was a bit confused till I read this http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1232525970 So the issue is that since the on a RHD vehicle, the spark advance rod pulls/pushes from the opposite side. It would seam that all that is necessary is to unscrew the levers from the Australian Timer with ones from a new timer (don't see levers sold individually). Am I missing what needs to be done? OR as Warwick suggest flip it and wire accoringly

Just flip it 180 degrees so the lever is at the bottom. The only thing you need to watch is hooking up the wires. Ignore doing it by numbers/colours as indicated on the timer, and hook up in the same pattern as LHD . Whatever wire is just left of the LHD lever at 10.30 is hooked up to the 10.30 terminal on the timer when the lever is at the bottom, and so on. We do it all the time, without standing on our Heads!

Hope this helps.
Allan from down under

If you take a look at the cars that Mark builds, I am suspecting that he is working on a car where he does not want a modern timer "put on upside down".

RHD cars do indeed have the lever on the bottom AND often have an oil hole at the "top". Not an easy find in the USA, I suspect, much less a NOS version.

If he is restoring a RHD car or something like that, I would suspect that he is trying to retrofit a nice CORRECT timer into the car with new guts. People have done it, people do it, and it sounds like that's what is about to happen here.

I see an awful lot of corner-cutting and dubious alterations or "improvements" on these pages, often with enthusiastic support. Mark does things right and generally for a very good reason.

The correct timer has to have a Ford scrip on it on the bracket that the commutator rod attaches to but more than anything it has two flip top oilers that a repo would have. It’s a crazy detail but for this gentleman it has to be 100% as it was and I actually appreciate it. Thanks for the info I’m currently running a tiger upside down.

Wouldn’t have….sorry big fingers!

....adds new meaning to the term “Down Under”

For everyone's reference , here is the timer case that is being referred to. It is clearly marked with the ford script and has oiler on top and bottom and can be used with the timer arm connecting up top on the USA LHD cars and can be flipped upside down and used on a RHD car with the timer rod at the bottom. The inners of any roller timer casing can be removed and the Anderson style contacts installed. not a big problem. Pretty sure the modern day version of the Anderson Timer used original ford cases anyway?

Mark, I presume you have the timer cover you want and then want to have it rebuilt. If you are looking for a cover, there were differences, just as there were in IS timers. Most RHD timers we have in Australia do not have the TWO oilers that allows them to be used on LHD and RHD cars. I do have a cast iron body which is threaded to take two oilers, and the odd pressed steel one also, but most have just the one oiler, opposite the lever. If I can help just email and I will be happy to oblige.

Allan from down under.

Thanks he does have the one that came with the car. It was so wore out we decided to go with Anderson internals. There are lots of differences in the car more than I would have thought when I began restoring it 18 months ago. The end is sight now! Thanks for posting the pictures I am not very good with technology..