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Re: Disty Issue

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Subject: Re: Disty Issue
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:00:15 -0700
on 8/28/05 4:30 PM, MGMagnette@aol.com at MGMagnette@aol.com wrote:

> MGB has no spark.  When I disconnect the wire from the side of the
> distributor, and touch the side of the distributor or any other ground, the
> spark plug 
> will spark.  I'm thinking my problem is internal to the  distributor?
> 
> --John

A common internal problem is the short piece of wire that grounds the top
(rotating) breaker plate -- age and constant flexing make it brittle and it
breaks, often holding on merely by the insulation. Once you see it, it's an
easy fix.


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires




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