DrMayf, you are absolutely right, as usual (I tell my wife the same
thing.). And your check is in the mail.
Larry
DrMayf wrote:
> I also need to protest a tad. The distributor is completely electrical and
> indeed the electrical compnent performed flawlessly! The elctrical part
> simply provides a close encounter through which the spark can jump to each
> cylinder's leads. The coil contact is purely mechanical with a carbon tip
> touching the coil connection at the rotor. If you still have points, then
> they are mechanical simply interrupting the coil charging circuit to provide
> dwell in charging the coil. This problem had absolutely nothing to do with
> the original premise of being asociated with the starter change out. Nor of
> it being electrical. This was a simple (as stated) MECHANICAL problem. All
> parts performed exactly as they were designed to do. No fault in any system.
> I want my money back!
>
> mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
> To: "Rich Atherton" <aka.gumby@gte.net>
> Cc: "Tiger Maill List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 4:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Solve the Problem
>
>
>
>>Rich, basics, basics, basics, or first impressions. While the distr. is
>>part mechanical operation, the device is in the electrical circuit, say
>>as opposed to the fuel circuit.
>>
>>You did good, with your suggestions.
>>
>>Larry
>>
>>Rich Atherton wrote:
>>
>>>OK I must wage a minor protest here... It was said that this was an
>>>electrical problem.. Even though I had thought of the distributor being
>>>lose, (as was the case once in my Imp), I dismissed it, because it
>>
> wasn't
>
>>>electrical.. a rotating distributor is a mechanical issue (lose
>>
> clamping
>
>>>bolt).. I feel cheated... but it was fun anyway... glad it's
>>
> fixed...and
>
>>>I should have just gone with my first impression of the problem.. What
>>
> is
>
>>>it they say about first impressions? The faster you fall the deeper
>>
> they
>
>>>are...
>>>
>>>Rich... Sunbeam-less in Seattle..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The bolt holding the distributor was not as tight as it should have
>>>>been, when I changed the initial advance one month ago.
>>>>
>>>>I put a timing light on the car, and the car has been degreed, and could
>>>>not believe my eyes, when it said 38 degrees. What was I seeing.
>>>>
>>>>I checked that I was hooked to the #1 plug, and tried to move the
>>>>distributor, and sure enough, it moved.
>>>>
>>>>I backed it off to 12 degrees, and everybody was happy again.
>>>>
>>>>As the engine speed increased, with the initial timing at 38 plus the
>>>>advance under light load, plus the mechanical, which was 24 degrees, the
>>>> timing was out of sight.
>>>>
>>>>The engine did act like a rev limiter, and it did get worse the longer I
>>>>worked on it, as it moved further out.
>>>>
>>>>The lessons learned, and responses to the problem by the list, showed
>>>>throughful, considered evaluation, and like me, who looked at 95% of the
>>>>suggestions, you must remember the basics, and check them as well.
>>>>
>>>>The timing was a last check. Just replacing parts, distr. module $84,
>>>>Coil $80, elec. fuel pump $79, wires $55, and so on was not the solution
>>>>to the problem. It was also not an option that I liked.
>>>>
>>>>I wanted to figure it out.
>>>>
>>>>For me it has been fun, and informative to see the responses. Good Job
>>>>Guys.
>>>>
>>>>Well, who figured it out? Tom Hall, Chris Thompson, and Phil Hulse.
>>>>Way to go guys.
>>>>
>>>>Who was the winner?
>>>>
>>>>We were, as We shared a problem, and We taught each other and We
>>>
> learned.
>
>>>>Can't get any better than that.
>>>>
>>>>Larry
>>>
>>>
>>>
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