[Healeys] 62bt7

[Ronald J. Ray]

Alan,

What does the brass rivet that holds the brass contact piece onto the
plastic rotor have to do with black residue forming on the edged of the
brass rotor contact?

The problem I have had with some new rotors is that the rivet breaks in
shear.  A completely different problem than what Kurt and I experienced.

Ron


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Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:48 AM
To: Kurt Leslie; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 62bt7


Kurt -

If your rotor is the kind with a brass rivet, that's the problem.  80%
of the new rotors sold out there are no good.  Order a pair of new
rotors from Norman Nock at BCS or Cape International in the UK - they
have good rotors.  Chances are your spare won't last either if the
same as the new one that just went bad, don't drive too far from home
until fixed!

Alan



On 7/20/08, Kurt Leslie <kansl at net1plus.com> wrote:
> Took my healey for a ride yesterday bt7, was a hot day but temp in car
> ok no traffic. On the way home the engine started skipping on
> acceleration and stopped completely within a few miles and I assumed
> fuel pump, but it was not it was electrical. Removed distributor cap and
> rotor had no real wear, less than 300 miles on cap, rotor,points and
> condenser, however there was a small amount of black arcing dust on the
> heal of the outer rotor contact, put spare rotor in and started and ran
> fine, I am still not sure what happened as the rotor looked ok to begin
> with any ideas? Perhaps the hot weather effected the condenser?  Kurt