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Re: Distributor Rebuild?

To: Matt Liggett <mliggett@seven.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Distributor Rebuild?
From: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Mere)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:54:47 -0500
>I'm about to reassemble my 1275 which I took apart to have the head
>rebuilt.  This is a '70 Midget (is there a Spridget list by chance?).
>Anyway, before I pulled the head, the idle was always a bit erratic.
>I know this could be the carbs or the distributor.  What I want to
>know is, is there a way to tell (before I put it back together) if the
>distributor is bad?  Any preventative/cleaning maintenance I can do?
>I'd like to stem off any potential problems NOW rather than in the
>middle of the summer.

Hi Matt:

The best test is to try to wiggle the shaft back and forth to see if there
is excessive wear in the bushings.  Wobble here will cause erratic running.
It is easy to have the shaft of the distributor re-bushed.

John McEwen



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