Thanks Skye and Rick.
I am still alive and feel well.......
What I will do is bring the vacuum advancer to a MG shop so they can
take a look.
And about the springs: The big one is a little loose indead.
Greetings, Rene
Rick Morrison wrote:
>
> On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:10:41 +0200 Rene van Maanen
> <renevm@support.neth.hp.com> writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >It's a 68 with a 18GD distributor.
> >I found the small vacuum hose going to the vacuum advancer defective
> >today. When I got it all disassembled, I found two weird things:
> >
> >1> The advancer doesn't seem to anvance when I "vacuum with my mouth".
> >Is that notrmal? should I apply more vacuum, or is it likely that it's
> >shot?
>
> Most likely it's toast.
> A word of caution here. Checking a vacuum advance "by mouth", could
> easily lead to ingestion of raw gasoline into the lungs. Too many times
> I've seen V/A units with as much as a teaspoon of gasoline in them, for
> various and sundry reasons. Accidently getting that much gas into your
> body is gonna cause problems that ain't easy to fix!
>
> >2> There are two different springs in attached two the weight
> >advancer.
> >Shouldn't there be two of the same kind?
>
> No, the smaller (lighter) of the two controls the rate of inital advance
> (which is relatively rapid), while the larger (heavier) controls the rate
> of advance in the later stages, whis is slower.
> The heavier spring should also be a loose fit on the mount pegs.
>
> Rick Morrison
> 72 MGBGT
> 74 Midget
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >Rene
> >--
> >Rene and Marion van Maanen If everything seems to be going
> >well,
> >Netherlands Europe you obviously don't know
> > what the hell is going on.
> > (Murphy)
> >
> >SOHC #252 sohc4@dorje.com Honda CB350F ['74]
> > Honda CB750K2 ['75]
> >MG list mgs@autox.team.net MGB GT ['68]
> >
>
> or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
--
Rene and Marion van Maanen If everything seems to be going well,
Netherlands Europe you obviously don't know
what the hell is going on.
(Murphy)
SOHC #252 sohc4@dorje.com Honda CB350F ['74]
Honda CB750K2 ['75]
MG list mgs@autox.team.net MGB GT ['68]
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