[Healeys] #40320 Distributor ?

[Chris Dimmock]

Hi Alan,
Larry said he had an A70 distributor in an A70 engine he had temporarily
fitted in his 100 many years ago.
The A70 distributor was very, very agricultural - probably more agricultural
than the DVX4!!!!
Best
Chris

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On 08/05/2012, at 12:14 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Larry -
>
> No, that early type on the 100 is still a one piece housing and shaft
> housing unit (DM2), not a two piece like the DVX4.   I shelved my DVX4
> and put on a Pertonix dizzy on the A90.  Jeff at Advanced Distributors
> was actually sort of bummed out I didn't give him my DVX4 to rebuild,
> I sort of understood how he felt....
>
> Best.
>
> Alan
>
>
>> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Larry Varley <varley at cosmos.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris, was that the early type were the vacuum advance unit was
completely
> external, and used to rotate the entire body of the distributor to achieve
> advance? If so they were a real shocker once everything started to wear.
There
> was one on an old Austin A70 motor I had to use in my Healey years ago while
I
> was rebuilding the Healey engine  ( back in the days the Healey was my only
> transport ). The distributor used to wobble constantly!
>>> Cheers
>>> Larry
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/05/2012 1:20 AM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.a90atlantic.com/index.php/technical-info-s
>>>> Click on distributor.
>>>> On A90 Atlantic the DM2 40320 was fitted from May 1951. Clamp had 1 bolt
> not
>>>> 2.
>>>> Yes, earlier production of A90 Atlantic was different.
>>>> Best
>>>> Chris