Jack -
As a word of advice, I would keep that distributor in your boot as a spare,
just in case the 123 fails. I am very supportive of E.I. in general, and
the 123 system, but at the end of the day they are black boxes and if they
do fail for some reason, it is very helpful to keep a workable spare in the
boot at all times.
The old distributors are not as accurate at firing than an E.I. system, they
are a pain in the ass to adjust every 500 to 1000 miles, their timing
changes all over the place as the points wear, and they need to be oiled and
inspected with regularity. The condensors fail fairly regularly. In
addition they are suceptable to bush wear and wobbly shafts. Despite all of
these annoyances and reasons why you would never want to have an old contact
distributor... the one thing they do have going for them is they tend to
fire under most circumstances ... so keeping it as a spare to fix on the
side of the road (when you need it the most) ... is HIGHLY recommended by
me.
Cheers,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 10/23/06, Ph.J.Aeckerlin <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I just had my Lucas 25D6 (serial # 40966 B) distributor of my BJ8
> completely overhauled by Jeff Schlemmer of Advanced Distributors. Clamp
> ring is now in STEEL, new shaft, new points, new condenser.
> The ignition curve is a bit faster than the original which will give
> more spirited performance with no ill effects, as Jeff stated. Looks
> like new.
> But: all that was a bit too early as I've just decided to go for a 123
> electronic ignition in my car (developed by Dutch guys, so I couldn't
> resist <grin>).
> Consequently I'm intending to sell the overhauled, never used
> distributor, complete with an extra rotor, on e-bay but before doing so
> I'm offering it to the members of this list.
> In case you are seriously interested please contact me off list - I then
> can send you pictures to show the unit is looking better than new and we
> can discuss a price.
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432
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