Another solution is to drill and tap three holes in the cast body down near
where the shaft attaches and put set screws in. If you try this, however, it
is a good idea to put some type of "locktite" or such to keep the screws
from becoming lose.
Floyd Inman
----- Original Message -----
From: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
To: Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>; mgt
<mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Help - No Spark - What is going on??
>
> Kevin:
>
> I've read most of the help you've gotten and they are all good
> suggestions. If they don't help, check the distributor body
> itself. On T types the cast body can work loose from the steel
> shaft which holds the dizzy in the engine. This looseness will
> cause variations in the point gap enough that the points may not
> be opening. When and if you pull the distributor, hold the steel
> shaft in one hand and wiggle the diecast housting. Look at the
> side or end where the steel and die cast meet, and see if you can
> see movement between the the steel shaft and the housing.
> You may have to remove the points to be able to wiggle it because
> of the points spring tension. Sometimes there is oil in this
> joint and you can see oil squeeze out as you wiggle. You can
> also try the wiggling with the distributor in the car, but you
> won't be able to see the joint.
>
> If it is loose, I know of two repairs besides replacement. The
> first I partially tried. The suggestion was to clean this joint
> with cleaning fluid by sucking it through the joint. I was able
> to rig a method of apply suction to the top but couldn't seem to
> get any material to come through. Perhaps, the author had a
> looser distributor. After cleaning, he sucked in some sort of
> glue. Thread locker?
>
> What I did was to drill a couple of small holes vertically from
> the inside the housing in the joint between the steel portion and
> the die cast housing. I then drove in a couple of roll pins. I
> used these instead of solid pins as the constant tension would
> maybe keep it from loosening again. I did this about 15,000
> miles ago, and haven't seen any problems yet.
>
> Blake
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