Ok folks here goes,
As you might (or might not) recall I have been having some trouble getting
my B to start! This all began back in February when I was installing a new
distributor cap, rotor button, plugs and wires! Car was running, shut down,
installed said parts, no start! Checked the order of wires no start, but a
bit of back fire. Now there is no fire at all! I have confirmed there is
spark to each plug, static timming seems to be just fine (timming was fine
before this started too).
Move to today:
I decided to clean up the carbs a bit, did that, fuel pump works just fine
too. Oh by the way I had an ignitor installed when all went bad. I decided
to reinstall the points, did so and still no luck. So back to today. I
decided to reinstall the ignitor and see if Murphy's law would work in
reverse! Well while removing the points I noticed that the Moving plate in
the dizzy moves but doesn't spring back! Upon closer inspection I notice a
spring that leads from the vacuum advance and should be attached to said
plate is broken right at the little stud it should attach too!
So now for the question(s):
1. would this broken spring cause the inablity to start the car (this
is
what I think)
2. how dificult will it be to replace the vacuum advance unit?
3. the dizzy is a 25D, how do I know which vacuum advance unit I need,
I
see more than one part number in the catalogs (I'm guessing the high
compression)
Thanks in advanvce
Safety Fast!!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm
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