jvr@pclink.com wrote:
> I just purchased a 75 Midget (no rust) and as part of fixing the
> mechanicals I noticed it has no vacuum advance on the distributor.
Is that a trick question? ;>
NA spec 75 Midgets didn't have vacuum advance units, they
had vacuum retard units.
> There is a threaded stud of about 2 cm diameter sticking out of the
> base and side of the distributor. I would think this is where the
> vac advance should go, except the pictures in the manuals show a slot
> in the distributor for a linkage to connect from the vac advance to
> the distributor. This one has no such slot.
The stock distributor for that car has the "big lump" on
the side with the electronics in it. If you don't have
the big lump, then you don't have the right distributor.
The vacuum retard mounting is part of the "big lump".
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Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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