[Mg-t] XPAG ignition timing instability

[Gene Gillam]

I believe Blair has fully retired from the MG repair business now.

Gene Gillam
Saucier, MS
anngene at bellsouth.net


On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Scott Allen <scottallen3663 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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