Yes it was just the obvious, except to me, It had just come out of the
clamp. I did find a piece chipped out of the housing when I pulled the
distributor out and was careful not to over tighten it when replacing it. I
got the car home Friday night and checked the timing Saturday and it was at
TDC. A quick adjustment, careful retightening and a bit of tweaking of the
carbs and it is running beautifully again. Thanks to everyone for their
help.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Macy [SMTP:macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 7:57 PM
> To: Max Heim; Jones, Mark; MG Owners Digest (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Loose Distributor - help
>
> Hey kiddies - it seems everybody is overlooking the obvious. The part of
> the distributor that goes in the clamp is very short. Shorter than the
> ears that go into the drive gear. It is possible that the dizzy is on top
> of the clamp. Rather than in the clamp. Solution - loosen the clamp all
> the way - pry open and reseat the dizzy. then try the clamp. Might have
> to pull the dizzy all the way out to make sure it is all the way down and
> that the clamp is open enough to grip the flange on the dizzy where it is
> supposed to.
>
> Got it? Good!! One of those old BTDT things.
>
> Larry
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