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Subject: [Healeys] Distributors - 67 BJ8
From: bspidell at comcast.net (Bob Spidell)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:18:30 -0700
References: <F286BFB6-135F-4C23-8E17-4B4A0C844228@gmail.com> <4F8C4A4D.4020808@chello.nl> <8CEEA3AB856883A-1D08-2E5FD@webmail-m022.sysops.aol.com> <8927250A-197D-4126-9649-059F7B42140C@gmail.com> <5891B364A7C3594B9466304B59E65B1C14666812@ex1mbx01.onthenetoffice.com>
Seems like this problem should have evidenced itself as an extremely wobbly 
dwell?


On 4/16/2012 6:01 PM, Jonas Payne wrote:
> Over the past few weeks, we had a TR6 in the shop that had been suffering from
> a "stutter" at throttle tip in for about a year.  Suddenly (literally
> overnight), the car was un-drivable, shaking, bucking and not making any power
> at all.
>
> We did an ignition tune up at the cost of $80  (cap, points, test coil, wires,
> plugs), no improvement.  (Parts needed replacement anyway) Vacuum check,
> nothing, carb check, nothing....................absolutely stumped.
>
> After removal and replacement of the dist (for no other reason than "why
> not")., you could literally move the dist. shaft enough that when the points
> were open at one point in the rotation, it would close the points. Turns out
> the upper bushing on the dist was severely worn, causing the timing to jump as
> much as 20 degrees,  which we discovered while doing a much more exhaustive
> timing check.  Apparently the eccentric wear on the bushing finally got to a
> point where the shaft was "dropping into a hole" on side loading from the cam.
> None of this was evident at first glance or would have been obvious if you
> hadn't been looking for it.
>
> This was a very well maintained 65k mile car.
>
> It now pulls like a freight train and is as smooth as silk - cost of
> distributor rebuild - $40.
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR
> Cell:   (702) 358-5084
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