Patton:
I agree with Rick - the 'green box' rotor that you were sent is for another
Lucas distributor - it's way to short. Looks suspiciously like the ones I
used to use in my MGB distributor, but I can't tell for sure.
The ones that you got from the UK are the counterbalanced style - lots of
the aftermarket style rotors were of this type over the years. Some people
prefer this style - nothing wrong with them, other than the fact that
certain electronic ignitions designed for the Healey distributors won't work
with them - not enough vertical clearance between the rotors counterweighted
end and the ignition module.
I've stayed with the 'green box' rotors - they seem to fit onto the
distributor shaft a bit better - this may be due to the function of the
little 'springy thingy.' One thing to watch for the rotor should not be too
tight ie; too hard to slip onto the shaft. This will likely cause a slight
crack in the bakelite - the engine will run for an indeterminate amount of
time, but the rotor will ground and fail sooner or later.
Good investigation though!
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Wilkins (Rick)" <wilko2@cox.net>
To: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>; "'healeys' List"
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Burning up rotors - plus tech tip to get home!
That smaller rotor is just plain wrong for that cap. Of course it
doesn't work right.
Rick
San Diego.
On Jul 1, 2004, at 7:20 PM, Patton Dickson wrote:
> The first, and most noticeable difference is that the arm is longer
> than the
> "green box" version.
>
> The radius's from the center of rotation to the edge of the arm are
> approximally:
> 7/8" for the "green box" rotor
> 1-1/16" for the UK Healey rotor
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