The latest "what is this?" thread

[Dusterdenovo]

I pulled my rotor off to have a closer look, and underneath it kind of stuffed into the center shaft was a small piece of felt about 1/4"x1/2". The second picture below wasn't taken right at that moment, it's a forensic re-creation of how I think I remember it looked.

Curious as to whether this is important, whether I just stuff it back in there, do something tricky with it when I put the rotor back on or ???????

Thanks FABO !

 

[Jadaharabi]

All the ones I saw were satuated with oil.

 

[Dusterdenovo]

Hmmm...yeah I was wondering something like that but this one is bone-dry

 

[Alaskan_TA]

Add a few drops of oil & put it back in.

 

[Dusterdenovo]

Thanks guys for the quick responses.
FABO rocks.

 

[pishta]

felt oil wick, distributor maintenance has you putting some oil on this every so often. "...most of the cars with mechanical advance units had a wick and needed to have it and the pivot points on the weights oiled. ..." Mopar said every 6 months in 1965: "Apply three drops of light engine oil to the felt rotor wick (Figs. 44 and 45). Avoid over-oiling to pre-vent the oil from getting on the contact points. Also, apply five to ten drops of light engine oil to the oil cup"