Jeff,
I recently experienced the same phenomena with by Bugeye distributor. The
"chirping" was the result of inadequate lubrication on the distributor cam
lobe (I forgot to lubricate it after rebuilding it). Once lubricated, the
chirping noise went away. I would suggest that you check your point gap.
If your distributor has been chirping for a while, chances are, the point
follower block has worn somewhat and your point gap has closed up as a
result. Mine had closed up 8 thousandths in about 850 miles of use!
Amazing thing is, it still ran good!
Happy Healeying!
Brian Thornton
AN5
AN9
At 09:42 PM 8/10/99 -0400, Jeff Boatright wrote:
>Dear Gang,
>
>My 25D dizzy started making a chirping sound today. The rate of chirps
>varies with engine rpm, becoming almost an almost constant howl at higher
>rpms, and the chirps are loudest at low rpm. I've used platic tube to
>isolate the sound - it is loudest right where the cap joins the dizzy body.
>I know that the breaker plates wobble some, and the tiing mark on the front
>pulley bounces around a bit when I put a timing light on it. However, those
>wear conditions have been with me for some time.
>
>Any thoughts on this? Has anyone ever experienced this? I have a
>mechanical-only advance dizzy waiting in the wings, but I've never tried
>it. I guess now is the time for all good dizzies to come to the aid of
>their party.
>
>Jeff
>
>Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
>http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
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