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RE: Distributor Rotor explosion

To: <Awgertoo@aol.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: Distributor Rotor explosion
From: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:07:38 -0400
Michael,
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but it sounds like your dizzy is shot.
When the main bushing goes, the shaft will wobble uncontrollably, break the
rotor and about everything else inside.  Can't help you with a replacement,
but you probably need to find someone to overhaul the whole thing or get a
new/used one.
Just some online troubleshooting (BTDT in a Spit)
Pete

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Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:09 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net; caahc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Distributor Rotor explosion


Yesterday on the way back from Akron the 3000 developed an intermittent mild
miss, as if one cylinder was misfiring.  This morning I removed the
distributor cap and saw that the nut securing the contact set was a bit
loose--I
tightened the nut, replaced the cap and went for a test run.  I got about
1/4 mile
and the car died.  I again removed the distributor cap and the rotor was
missing.

I found one piece of bakelite and the brass arm on top of the distributor
plate.  Upon disassembling the distributor I found the arm rivet, the
springplate
that goes inside the rotor and another coil spring about 3/4" long laying in
the body of the distributor --this was not an advance spring  nor the spring
under the cap contact--those were all intact.  I can't find any springs in
the
distributor--any thoughts here?  It is definitely larger than either of the
above.

There was a fine shower of brass filings throughout the distributor--should
I
be concerned with the shaft bearing surface?  Also the advance diaphragm was
inoperative--who sells these parts?  The distributor has the following
numbers
stamped into the body:

DM6A406620
PEG 560

Thanks in advance--Michael Oritt




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