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> From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>
> Subject: ARRRRGGGHHHH! Lucas strikes again! and others...
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:47:32 -0500
>
> Ok- Lucas has struck- My little 64 Herald is off line again, due to a
> distributor problem. The horrible stench(and I mean stench) of plastic
> death has permeated the distributor. I fired up the car
> today, trying to
> test a fuel pump theory(more in a minute) and, after a little hard
> spinning, she started- but she did not run as well as usual.
> After some
> experimentation and searching, I discovered the little plastic piece
> holding the condenser and points contact spring had melted completely,
> shorting out the points horribly(ergo the plastic burning stench) and
> cooking the wires leading to the condenser and coil. Is this normal? I
> can only figure the points cooked and overheated during one of my test
> runs, but I can find no apparent cause- I am usually very
> careful about
> switching the ignition off when the motor is not spinning(I
> have worked
> with points for years) So now I am going to attempt to resurrect the
> Spitfire distributor I have- wish me luck!
Scott,
I've never seen that much damage caused, but a bad condenser will
often cause the points to overheat, usually resulting in the gap closing as
the heel of the points melts,
Cheers,
Bill.
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