Jorge,
When I was asking about rebuilding the SU's last week, Joe Curto's name came
up more than anyone. I saw on his site http://www.joecurto.com/ that he
also rebuilds distributors.
Good seeing you at Houston All British on Saturday,
Patton
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jorge Garcia
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:37 AM
To: Austin Healey
Subject: bj8 distributor rebuild
I think the distributor on my BJ8 needs to be rebuilt, it has 80k miles and
it has never been rebuilt. What leads me to believe that it needs to be
overhauled is that the engine misses and backfires under load at medium high
rpm. I cant tell the exact rpm at which this happens because the tachometer
is not working, ditto for the speedometer. The points have been in the car
for two years but probably have not covered more than 200 miles in that
time. The ignition wires are new as are the points and condenser. The engine
was timed first with a timing light and followed by checking the dwell angle
and setting it to spec. The missing and backfiring is not new as the car
has been doing it since I got it back on the road after a decades long
slumber. The problem I am looking at is that there are no replacement
distributors available on the Moss catalog and the one part I though would
be needed for an overhaul, bearings, are also not listed. Those of you who
have rebuild your own distributors please help me and tell me what parts I
need and where can I get them.
Thank You
Jorge Garcia
Houston, TX
1965 BJ8
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