1912Staver Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) Mystery Delco unit. What does it fit ? Delco number 5210 x. Breaker cam is missing so I don't know how many cyl's. The lower housing has a secondary drive, oil pump perhaps ? Does the x suffix possibly indicate dual point ? Thanks ! Greg Edited July 15, 2021 by 1912Staver (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter R. Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Hi Greg, 5210 is a 8 cyl. distributor with two breaker points and 8 lobe cam. It fits the following cars: 1920-22 Oldsmobile 45-B 1922 Oldsmobile 46 1922-23 Oldsmobile 47 "Light Eight" Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Hi Peter, thanks for the information. Interesting that these unusual cars had a recent thread in the general section. Best regards , Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter R. Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Hi Greg, Your distributor actually came off a 1922-23 Oldsmobile 47. All 1920-23 8 cyl. Olds used the same distributor (5210) but two different mounting brackets were in use. On 1920-22 Olds models 45-B and 46 the distributor was mounted on the generator, On 1922-23 models 47 the distributor was no longer attached to the generator. Best Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter R. Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Delco distributor 5210 with generator mounting bracket as used on 1920-22 Olds models 45.B and 46. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter R. Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Delco distributor 5210 as used on 1922-23 Olds model 47. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter R. Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) I assume the x suffix indicates that the distributor was used on a model 47 Olds. All 5210 distributors had 8 lobe cams with two points connected in parllel opening simultaneously (only one coil used). Edited July 16, 2021 by Peter R. (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Great you can pin it down exactly, thanks. I expect pretty low demand for these things seeing as how it fits a very limited group of survivors. Any idea of a fair price to list it at ? I don't see myself ever needing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane bauer Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Do you still have this distributor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 Hi Duane, I do. PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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