[Healeys] FW: FW: Distributor Lube Thingy - DM6A (Resend. First one "bounced"!)

[Simon Lachlan]

Jack,
Hi,
I'm not sure any of us completely understand the question.....
But, here goes....

Hi All, I'm reassembling my DM6A dizzy but I'm confused about the
lubricator assembly.
A:-Join the club!
Q:-It seems to have an inner spring under the threaded cap
A:-Yes, that's correct.
Q:-and another spring that looks it's in mid-air inside the distributor
case. 
A:-I can think of three springs inside:-
i) Two are part of the advance/retard mechanism which is located deep inside
the unit under the base plate and points assembly. I doubt you mean one of
them, but one might be loose for some reason.
ii) The other goes inside the distributor cap. It's bang in the middle
underneath the little carbon rod thingie which rubs/rests on the centre of
the rotor arm thereby passing the juice from the coil to the plugs. This
little spring can be a bit of a bugger to put back in. Twist the carbon into
one end and twist the other into the cap until it, hopefully locates.
Q:-What keeps that spring in place??
A:- See above.
Q:- Is this really how it goes together??
A:- Depends if I've addressed the right spring!
i) We'll ignore the advance/retard springs for the moment. 
ii) For the cap/carbon spring, see above.
iii) For the lubricator spring...the spring sits in the cap and is retained
there by the grease that's all over the inside of this mechanism. (It being
literally packed with the stuff). The springs butts up against a little
plate inside the housing which has a small hole in it's centre.
To use the lubricator assembly correctly (or do it my way!):-
1) Clean out all the old crud.
2) Fill the part that's integral with the distributor's body with grease.
3) Insert spring into cap and push spring into body, through the grease.
4) Wiping off the surplus, screw the cap onto the body and tighten it down a
turn or so. Don't want to force all the grease through the hole, but don't
want the cap to fall off?
5) Tighten the cap at appropriate service intervals. (To push more grease
through).
6) Refill as appropriate.
Q:-Does it rub against the drive spindle??  
A:- Absolutely not.
Q:- None of my manuals gives me any information.
They often seem to miss the little bit that one needs most. Sometimes an
oblique approach is best. In this instance the lubrication chapter in the
manual is helpful(ish). It never hurts to have the Parts Manual as that's
full of nice blow up diagrams.
Q:- What's the grease recommendation??
A:- Not sure that the manual is too helpful, but I use that foul black
lithium stuff which is good in high temperature areas.
Q:- Someone please help as I need to get the old girl ready for a local
show-n-shine in a few days. 
A:- Hope this helps. I took mine apart just now and checked appropriate
areas. Good luck/have fun at show.
 As always, thanks to this great list.

Simon