[Mg-t] XPAG ignition timing instability

[Scott Allen]

Blair Engle who is a member of this list did mine.  He owns the Classic MG
Shop in Tallahasee and can be reached at engle001 at comcast.net.  He also
offers several other rebuild services.

However, please be advised when he did mine he had to replace the case as
well as re-bush it.  It's made of pot metal and the shaft will wear an oval
pattern in it over time rather than staying round, causing the back two
cylinders to run rich no matter what adjustment I made.

~Scott
'52 MG


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Richard Lindsay
<richardolindsay at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Friends,
>
> My '53 TD's XPAG has unstable ignition timing. Its the kind of
> instability caused by worn distributor bits (advance mechanism,
> bushings, etc.). Static timing is set to TDC but it bounces around
> quite a lot at idle. My TR3 had exactly the same problem and a new
> distributor made it rock solid - the timing AND the idle.
>
> Is there a distributor rebuild service that you recommend? Moss has a
> replacement for $470 but its an upgrade, not a one-for-one
> replacement. I don't want to go there AND I don't have the skills or
> tools to rebuild my distributor.
>
> Please help.
>
> -rick
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