Hint for future situations -- before removing distributor, scribe matching
lines on the distributor base and the clamp or block (actually both are
necessary on the B). At least you will be able to pick up where you left
off.
on 4/11/04 9:39 PM, MGBnutt@aol.com at MGBnutt@aol.com wrote:
> OK listers, I need some advice. I've been experiencing a random backfiring
> problem upon acceleration and I thought it would be a good idea to remove the
> distributor and lubricate the camshaft and centrifugal advance weight
> assembly.
> (Something I'm 99% sure the PO never did.) Everything looked OK while I had
> it out, but now that the distributor is back in the car, it won't start!
> This is a Lucas 43DE4 unit with an after-market Piranha electronic ignition
> fitted. (For those of you unfamiliar with the Piranha, it is an optical
> system
> with an infrared sensor triggered when a rotor blade blocks the light path.)
> Anyway, I took it all apart, cleaned and lubed the unit and put it all back
> together and in the car with a new cap and rotor and now...it won't start!
> However, I can't help thinking I overlooked something simple. The drive dog
> only
> fits in the distributor cam one way, correct? It's not possible to put it
> back
> in the car 180 degrees out, is it? I did remove the clamp from the block
> after
> I took the distributor out, so my static timing must be off, maybe way off.
> How far out can the static timing be and the car still start? Guess I'll have
> to start at square one and set the static timing at TDC, although I'm not
> sure how you go about it without mechanical points. Any advice greatly
> appreciated!!!
> Thanks,
> donny v
> 1978 MGB
>
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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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