[Healeys] Bad ign rotors

[F Ronald Rader]

i lost the rotor on my E type going 125 MPH  in Montana two years ago.
a very slight wobble in the dizzy could not take the 4,000 RPM for an
hour and the rivet came out.
 i had a spare.
i now carry two spares in each car!

ron rader
1965 BJ8
1967 E type
1960 XK 150 FHC

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:50 AM, S and T Miller <stmiller96 at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Thank you.  It appears that I had the number four rotor, until it broke
> because of the rivet.  And sure enough I replaced it with the number three
> rotor- the other piece of junk.  Just my luck.  Adv. dist. seems to be the
way
> to go.
>
> The Millers
> "British Car Nuts"
>
> 1957 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 35299
>
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 77219
>
> 1964 MGB 40841
>
> 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite AN5 34351
>
> "Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test
> drive."
>
>
>
>
> > From: ahbn6 at verizon.net
> > To: stmiller96 at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: [Healeys] Bad ign rotors
> > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:32:22 -0400
> >
> > Look in the Ignition section on the Technical page of my site for two
> > articles on rotors.
> >
> > John Sims, BN6
> > Aberdeen, NJ
> >
> > http://www.healey6.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of S and T Miller
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:19 PM
> > To: healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Healeys] Bad ign rotors
> >
> > I recall that there were bad ign rotors in production some time ago. How
> > can
> > they be identified? Suggestions on good rotors?
> >
> > I have been chasing down a ign miss on our Bugeye. When I connected a
> > jumper
> > wire from the coil (H.T), held the end close to the rotor and turned the
> > ignition- I got a strong spark. The rotor is grounding through the dist
> > body.
> > And it shouldn't ever spark. I'm correct here, right?
> >
> > The Millers
> > "British Car Nuts"
> >
> > 1957 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 35299
> >
> > 1959 Austin Healey 100-6 BN4 77219
> >
> > 1964 MGB 40841
> >
> > 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite AN5 34351
> >
> > "Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a test
> > drive."
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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