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Re: Distributor Drive & Pinch Bolt

To: <WEricars@aol.com>, <mts3@ra.msstate.edu>, <mgs@autox.team.net>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Distributor Drive & Pinch Bolt
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:48:00 -0400
References: <68.11bfbc93.288f9418@aol.com>
My distributor clamp was so out of round it wouldn't hold the dist.  I took it
out, muscled back into shape (approx.) and half round filed it to round again.
Works fine now.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From <WEricars at aol.com>
To: <mts3@ra.msstate.edu>; <mgs@autox.team.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Distributor Drive & Pinch Bolt


> In the past I have seen the following causes for your problem:
>
> 1.  Someone overtightened the clamp and crushed the body of the distributor
> which can no longer offer resistance to the clamp sufficient to hold it in
> place.
>
> 2.  The clamp bolt is stripped.
>
> 3.  The clamp is cracked.  As you tighten the bolt you just enlarge the crack
> and you don't put any presure on the dist. body.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill E.



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