[Healeys] Missfire followup 1

[philritten at aol.com]

I'm thinking that since the car is new to me and I don't know what happened in the past, that perhaps I should try replacing the cap and rotor to see if it happens again, then perhaps go to replacing the distributor (the shaft has very little movement).

If everyone is unhappy with the rotor and cap from Moss, what about the ones from Victoria British? Are they any different? There must be a source that's acceptable.

Thanks,
Phil


-----Original Message-----
From: healeydoc at verizon.net
To: PhilRitten at aol.com
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:15 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Missfire followup 1



I am starting to see this more and more. The rotor will not go on all  
the way on the distributor shat with the electronic ignition. It  
bottoms out on the timing rotor and thus it just touches the inside  
of the cap. I also have a lot problems with the Moss plug wire sets,  
the plug ends have high resistance and sometimes they are open  
circuit causing to high a voltage. I think that this may be the cause  
of some of the ignition rotors that are failing.

If you are looking for a replacment distributor that is electronic we  
have been installing the 123 ignition on several cars and they are  
great. You have an assortment of ignition curves to chose from  
depending on the requirements of you and your car. It is a complete  
new distributor.

David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialis.com

On Jul 13, 2008, at 8:28 AM, PhilRitten at aol.com wrote:

> I noticed the contacts inside the cap are pretty uniformly eaten  
> away and
> the metal contact on top the rotor is loose and moves a little.   
> If  the
> distributor shaft is bad, shouldn't it wiggle a little bit? By the  
> way I  have
> electronic ignition (not sure what brand).
>
> Thanks guys for all your input!
> Phil
>
>
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