[Healeys] Bringing it back to life, little spark, maybe coil - ROTOR PROBABLY

[Patton Dickson]

Try Kip Motors in Dallas for Rotors and Distributor caps.  They make
them themselves, and they use a compound that is more like the
original.   They are the only ones who make the early 6 cly
distributor cap now, and I bought one of thier rotors today.

Patton

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Robert Blair <rnbmail at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Resend - while we wait for the pope to decide on number of bits .....
>
> Robert N. Blair  65 Yellow BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
>
>
>> From: Robert Blair <rnbmail at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Bringing it back to life, little spark, maybe coil
>> To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>, "Bob Spidell"
> <bspidell at comcast.net>
>> Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 8:41 PM
>
>
>> All, vis a vis the prince of darkness, following my full resto I have had
> two AAA flat bed deals, and three new rotors - all different in appearance and
> apparently manufacturers.
>
>> The message - BEWARE current rotor quality - BIG TIME.
>> They seems to be breaking down all over the place - ie ht at the disti cap
> input, but no ht at the output to the plugs.  Rumor has it that the compound
> is bad and breaking down and allowing a short to ground - once the path is
> there the rotor is shot.  Ususally invisible to the eye.
>
>> My third rotor seems to be fine so far - 300 miles-ish and no flat beds.
>
>> And of course a spare in the glove box.  Fingers crossed....
>
>> Rotors are cheaper than coils ..... but coils can fail also.
>
>> Robert N. Blair  65 Yellow BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
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Patton Dickson - http://Austin-Healeys.com - Plano, TX
1957 Austin-Healey 100-Six "Built to run 'til the road wears out."
1977 Newport '28