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1. Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: BobMGT@aol.com; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:35:14 EDT; In the process of installing new points on my '71 B, I noticed there's quit a bit of wobble in the plate that the points mount to. I see this plate is suppose to rotate and there's a spring that pull; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00199.html (8,095 bytes)
2. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 16:15:51 -0500; mount to. .... The plate is cocked enough that the points block does not sit square against the cam. .... Is something worn out? .... Yup, it's worn out. BTDT. A new Mallory unit fixed the problem fo; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00200.html (7,745 bytes)
3. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:14:16 EDT; << A new Mallory unit fixed the problem for me, but only because it was cheaper than a new Lucas unit. Sorry, Barney: my .02. List prices: Bushing, Dist. = $ 39.95 Driving dog ...= $ 8.95 Pin, Dog...; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00202.html (7,791 bytes)
4. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:41:01 -0700; That sure doesn't sound right. I had mine apart not too long ago, and it was stiff rather than wobbly. I solved my problem with some lubrication. Yours sounds like a candidate for replacement --unles; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00211.html (8,814 bytes)
5. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:41:03 -0700; Hmmm, Ed, you think it's the bushing? From his description it sounded to me like it was just the plate that was worn out. JustBrits@aol.com had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're n; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00212.html (8,356 bytes)
6. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 02:24:27 -0500; Mine wasn't a bushing, but much more like Bob's problem with the sloppy advance plate. It had been through too many wars. As is my habit, I had repaired it about three times first, having welded up t; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00220.html (8,940 bytes)
7. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: gbaker@customcpu.com (Baker, G.); Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 21:53:03 -0800; Speaking of distributors, I've got a distributor that's 50 years old and never been kissed. It wobbles and looks like shit (not being kind). Has anyone sent their Lucas out to be reconditioned and if; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00321.html (7,704 bytes)
8. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 08:03:10 -0400; Baker, Those two holes provide a source for atmospheric pressure to the underside of the SU piston. If you block those holes off (by using an incorrect gasket, or putting one on upside down) the pis; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00326.html (8,178 bytes)
9. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: "David Hill" <Davhill@btinternet.com>; Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 01:07:13 +0100; Can't really help you on the first one, other than to say that dist. recon usually involves fitting new shaft bushes-and possibly a new shaft-as a core operation, to remove the side play in the asse; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00360.html (9,477 bytes)
10. Re: Distributor Wobble Question (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 16:36:19 +0100; I've just found a company in the UK that reconditions distributors. They purport to have the pukka centrifugal springs but won't supply them - "it does us out of 85 quid for a reconditioned unit". I'; /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00407.html (8,480 bytes)

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