Andy,
I strongly recomend putting in a Pertronix Ignitor, Its only 2 wires
that go
straight to the coil, no more thinking about how true your distributor
is. There is some futzing that has to be done to its mounting bracket to
make it
sit flat and at the correct distance from the magnets. It has solved
lots of
problems that have come through the door at Rootes Group Depot.
Anyone want to second?
Bill Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Walker [mailto:awtiger@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:49 PM
To: Tiger List
Subject: The Tiger is alive once again!!!!!!!
Hey, guys:
I just wanted to let you all know that my Tiger is back amongst the
living.
As you all may remember, I was having a problem with a dead #4 cylinder.
I
admit that I had gotten so disgusted with it that I just walked away
from it
for a while which, in retrospect, was probably the best thing I could
have
done.
Finally, just for grins (but mostly out of desperation), I pulled an old
distributor out of a stock 260 that I had recently bought and installed
it in
my 289. Lo and behold, that fixed the problem. I must admit that I
never
thought that would have been the culprit; I figured that a distributor
with
bad shaft bushings would cause an erratic misfire involving all of the
cylinders at one time or another. I still don't quite understand why it
only
affected #4; maybe someone can clear that mystery up for me.
The bottom line here is that my Tiger is once again running like a
champ! I'm
so happy to have it back on the road; I've really missed driving it.
Thanks
to all on the list who contributed to my pleas for assistance.
Good 'Beaming,
Andy Walker
B382001600
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