Check this by shooting the timing light and see if the
mark jumps, I think?
--- Charles Christ <cfchrist@earthlink.net> wrote:
> lary-larry-larry! in that order. he-he:)! if you
> are experiencing what i
> believe you are, you have either shot set of dist
> shaft bushings or the
> point cam's tolerance in relationship to the main
> shaft is bad. what you
> are experiencing is a variable point gap caused by
> the main shaft and point
> cam never being at the exact same tolerance from 1
> spark to a plug to the
> next. you can gap the points untill you are blue
> in the face and this will
> haunt you for ever. experienced this with a
> customer's morgan. at 3500
> rpm it broke up and had a choppy idle. changed
> evrything due to not knowing
> quality and age of what was there. still persisted.
> swapped out the dist
> for a "known good" more like n.o.s. distributor and
> it ran like a whole
> other car! put back in old original dist. and evry
> bad habbit came back!
> as far as dist main shaft bushings go i am unaware
> of their availability
> anywhere. that is a"good" machinist type of job. i
> have a mechanical
> advance lucas comp. dist. here for just that repair
> for a customer. i also
> have a n.o.s. lucas dist here we were considering
> swapping housings if upon
> disassembly the original main shaft was in good
> shape. franken dist.!!!!!
>
> when i got my degree in automotive technology in
> college we were taught to
> dismantle and examine evrything! not just run out
> and get a remanufactured
> or used one and exchange parts. we were expected to
> repair what was wrong
> and restore the component to a functional state
> again. this is how things
> were before planned obsolescence became a rule
> instead of the exception.
> almost anything can be repaired if you want it done!
> that is what gets done
> in restoration of wierd and unique vehicles.
>
> spridgets= unique! now understanding saab= wierd!
> real wierd!!!!!
>
> chuck.
> sorry for the bummer explanation but think your dist
> . is having a bummer
> day and sharing with you!..:)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 10:16 PM
> Subject: 1500 Distributor
>
>
> > I sent this out earlier today, as in about 11 AM
> EDT and it never came
> > back. I hope it didn't end up in email never never
> land ;-)
> > So if you got this twice I apologize, if you got
> once, I apologize,
> > However if you never got it, here it is, and I
> don't apologize.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > I am still trying to chase down the bad idle,
> missing when hot problem, I
> > asked about a couple weeks ago. To date I have
> replaced the plugs, wires,
> > and coil (no ballast needed). I got a dizzy cap
> from SlepBoys (they
> > actually had one in stock!!) However I had
> replaced the dizzy a number of
> > years ago to have one with points. The cap for the
> Elec style 1500 dizzy
> > does not fit. I need one with the side opening for
> the ignition wires. I
> > am unsure of what year - or car - this dizzy comes
> from. I see in the
> > Moss catalog that there is a side opening cap, but
> there is no info on
> > what year. The rotor in mine is obviously hitting
> the contacts in the
> > cap. There is a raised edge on the end of the
> rotor contact. I knew that
> > the bushes in the dizzy were going out but I have
> no idea how hard of a
> > job to replace them. There are also not listed in
> the Moss catalog. So I
> > have a couple of questions. Keep in mind I have a
> Pertronix and I would
> > like to keep it.
> >
> > 1) Can I get the bushes?? if so how hard are they
> to replce?
> > 2) Do I need a new dizzy?? What years can I use?
> > 3) Anybody got a used one in good shape?
> >
> > The car runs but don't wanna idle too good. I need
> to do all of this
> > prior to June - going to MG2000 in Cleveland.
> >
> > Details:
> > 1500 Stock
> > Pertronix on points style ignition, side opening
> cap.
> > Weber DGV carb
> > Headers
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > The Real Larry
> >
> > >>Find the REAL Larry at:
> >
>
>>http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=64205&a=465433&p=17927032
> >
> > Larry Macy
> > 78 Midget
> >
> > Keep your top down and your chin up.
> >
> > Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> > macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> > System Manager/Administrator
> > Neuropsychiatry Section
> > Department of Psychiatry
> > University of Pennsylvania
> > 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
> > Philadelphia, PA 19104
> >
> > Ask a question and you're a fool for three
> minutes; do not ask a
> > question and you're a fool for the rest of your
> life.
> >
> >
>
>
=====
Ron Soave
"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean." -
Mark Twain
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