- 1. Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: "Jones, Mark" <MJones@ngl.ca>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:03:43 -0300
- Yesterday my MGB GT was working terribly. I figured that the timing must have changed and probably due to the distributor not been tightened enough. After work I tried turning the distributor by hand
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00965.html (7,622 bytes)
- 2. Re: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:18:01 -0400
- Hello Mark: Simple enough to fix... at least on the A-series engines. You could either remove the distributor clamp and try to hammer it flat on an anvil (cheap method, might work) or simply buy a ne
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00970.html (7,348 bytes)
- 3. Re: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:40:44 -0700
- There is another possibility that no one has mentioned as yet, which is that you collapsed the lower portion of the distributor housing by overtightening the clamp. This sounds drastic, but it is not
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01033.html (8,650 bytes)
- 4. Re: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:56:33 -0400
- Hey kiddies - it seems everybody is overlooking the obvious. The part of the distributor that goes in the clamp is very short. Shorter than the ears that go into the drive gear. It is possible that t
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01042.html (10,118 bytes)
- 5. Re: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: JustBrits@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:36:39 EDT
- << pry open >> Well, EXCUSE me Doctor Macy. ANY self-respecting LBC Owner "would" KNOW that "correctness" = "prise" open!! You had better watch out "the SCARF" don't get you in retaliation !!! Cheers
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01050.html (7,192 bytes)
- 6. Re: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:04:36 -0400
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- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01054.html (7,543 bytes)
- 7. RE: Loose Distributor - help (score: 1)
- Author: "Jones, Mark" <MJones@ngl.ca>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:05:09 -0300
- Yes it was just the obvious, except to me, It had just come out of the clamp. I did find a piece chipped out of the housing when I pulled the distributor out and was careful not to over tighten it wh
- /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01066.html (8,329 bytes)
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