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Re: Cutting a hole in Distributor Cap!?

To: bspidell@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Cutting a hole in Distributor Cap!?
From: "dwflagg@juno.com" <dwflagg@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:53:54 GMT
Simon,

I have heard of, but not seen, of clear (see through) caps, that would allow 
the observations you describe.

Doug
'56 BN2


>I have heard of cutting a hole in the side of (spare) distributor caps in
>order to observe the internal workings when the engine is running.looking 
at
>the movements, vacuum advance etcetc.
>
> 
>
>Has anyone any experience of this? Seems to me that one worries about
>getting a crack in these things.tracking issues etcetc, so that hacking a
>hole in it may be fairly drastic, not to mention destroying a part which
>isn't as cheap as it might be.
>
> 
>
>And how much would one see? All those little advances and retards are 
fairly
>small movements aren't they? I wonder if one would actually see anything at
>all?
>
>And how big a hole did you cut and whereabouts on the poor cap did you
>operate, Doctor? And did the patient work thereafter?
>
> 
>
>Simon Lachlan
>
>Comfort House
>
>Bradninch
>
>Devon EX5 4NN
>
>UK
>
>MkII BT7.




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