[Healeys] Backfiring

[Bob Yule]

     The centre plastic contact housing is too long in your new aftermarket 
cap.  We have found this problem and have had to shorten the centre post. 
It causes the carbon brush to be pushed right in to the cap, and the plastic 
sits on top of the rotor.
Cheers.......Bob
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz at hotmail.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:03 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Backfiring


>I think I finally solved the backfiring problem I have been suffuring with.
> As a result of the car stumbling and barely getting me home the last time 
> I
> drove it before the snow, I opened my distributor to adjust the points. To 
> my
> surprise I discovered that the center of the rotor and the corresponding
> contact in the cap were burnt badly.  I cleaned up the rotor and switched 
> the
> contact in the cap and the car sprung back to life. Ran nicely and didn't
> backfire.  I proceeded to change the rotor and just drove the car. 
> Needless
> to say I was thrilled.  Drove beautifully and didn't backfire at all.
> Now the question is - Why did the rotor and contact burn so badly? All 
> parts
> are relatively new.  Cap, rotor, points, condenser, coil and wires have 
> all
> been changed in the recent past. Any thoughts?
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