I'm going to use the distributor's crank to drive a small PM generator
as a backup source for one of the ignition control units.  I expect the
DFL to lower the load requirements on the driving gear.

I had a friend drive an oil pump with the distributor drive and it ate the teeth off of the distributor gear, and dropped all of the pieces into the sump. I would have warned him If I had known he would try it. The alternator may not load the gears enough to cause a problem. But look at the gears often during testing. The distributor gear may be case hardened, and run fine until one day its through the hardening and wear goes fast after that. A bronze replacement might run on for years.

 

Lynn E. Hanover