Oh wise and knowledgeable ones, may I query you?
I believe my vacuum advance is not working. After pulling off the rotor
and top plate and inspection of the mechanical advance
weights and springs, (which I cleaned up with a light carb cleaner spray
and will lube with white lithium grease upon reassembly) I disconnected
the vacuum line from the advance unit on the distributor, hooked up a
small hose and sucked like (*&%$#.
It moved but only a few millimeters and then only just before me passing
out and imploding my eardrums from sucking so hard.
It slowly returned with vacuum still applied. So I can barely get it
to move even with all pressure from the plate/points assembly removed.
What I suspect is that this obviously original vacuum advance unit is
gonzo/caput/suffering from Dutch Elm Disease (DED).
Moss lists a replacement, any comments on the quality of this part or
perhaps (pigs fly) I have mis-diagnosed.
BTW the symptoms that prompted this is a loss of power at high revs
after looking over and feeling confident about timing/plugs/fuel mixture.
There is ever so slight play in the distributor shaft which does not
necessarily warrant rebushing.
I hear a faint chanting (a hundred bucks, a hundred bucks) when I go
into any sort of work on Bighly.
Thanks in advance (smirk) for comments and advice,
Tracy
PS : Gary A. you drive like a girlie boy. See you Saturday on the HMB
to Santa Cruz run?
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