- 1. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:20:04 -0400
- This is a follow up to my distributor problems that I was having several weeks ago. One of the listers was nice enough to swap my wobbling dizzy with one that worked fine. When he was doing the swap,
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00349.html (7,848 bytes)
- 2. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:45:55 -0400
- I had this same problem when I put in a Mallory dist. on my '74 Midget. I took the clamping ring off the car and found that over the years it had become out of round. I replaced the bolt and nut that
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00356.html (8,661 bytes)
- 3. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:47:59 +0000
- Bill - the MGB workshop manual quotes various max centrifugal advance, anything from 17 degrees to 32 degrees according to year and comp ratio, although none specifically of 23 degrees. PaulH.
- /html/mgs/1998-10/msg00662.html (7,202 bytes)
- 4. Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:58:11 -0400
- My car is a 1977 Midget with a 1500 cc engine. Last night I went to start a tune-up on the car. I was first going to adjust the air gap on the electronic ignition. I took the distributor cap off and
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg00800.html (8,716 bytes)
- 5. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.bc.ca>
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:01:37 -0700
- The advance-retard adjuster is for timing, not for changing the vacuum advance. If your distributor is the same as the model I have described here (it may well not be) then 11 clicks of the adjuster
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01052.html (7,527 bytes)
- 6. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:34:19 -0400
- Hello: I replaced my wobbly distributor with the Mallory dual point unit and it is great, great, great. Easy job, but you do need a drill press to attach the drive dog (get a new one). This is really
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01064.html (8,389 bytes)
- 7. Re: Distributor problems (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:09:55 -0400
- I finally found out which dizzy I have in my car. I looked at the dizzy and it looked like a 25D but the cap was different. The cap in the Haynes Midget manual has terminals that screw in and mine ha
- /html/mgs/1998-09/msg01305.html (9,595 bytes)
- 8. Distributor Problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Craig H. Brallier" <brallier@twd.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 06:48:56 -0700
- I'm having trouble tightening the pinch bolt on the distributor clamping plate. The distributor on my 75 B is an electronic type with a rectangular box extension beside the vacuum advance unit. As it
- /html/mgs/1997-06/msg00167.html (7,232 bytes)
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