[Mgs] tonights adventure in the 'B

[Bob Donahue]

Same thing happened to me. The wire dress under the distributor cap is 
critical! I think the vacuum advance tightens the wires around the shaft. 
You must leave enough slack so that they don't rub. I also have a pertronix 
in the TD which doesn't have vacuum advance. In that car, the wires stay 
where you put them.

Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Root" <ptrmgb at gmail.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Cc: "Rich Root" <rich at rootmep.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: [Mgs] tonights adventure in the 'B


> My wife and older son are out of town this weekend, so my 10 year old
> and I are home bach'ing it.
>
> After getting the alternator in and going, we were itching to get the
> car out and see that the gremlins
> were gone. I was still considering taking the car to Kansas for the
> Runoffs at the end of the week.
>
> After dinner, we were driving to the hardware store to get a couple
> things to fix a couple of preschool
> toys that the kids managed to break.
>
> The car lurched a few times. Got to the hardware store, but it was
> closed. We were going to get on the highway
> head to Menards. Sam says that Home Depot is closer. Ok fine, take
> the frontage road instead, the car dies at
> a stop light. I have Sam steer around the left turn and get off the
> road. He runs it up on the curb, but otherwise
> did a good job.
>
> I check the wires on the starter that had come loose before, they
> were fine. Coil wires looked fine. Check
> the fuel pump, as I didn't hear clicking. The carbs were full, pump
> was fine.
>
> I decide the pop the dizzy cap, to see if it was ok. Then I saw it.
> The wires for the pertronix were rubbing
> against the shaft, and the red one had broken. Sam found the
> electrical tape, I stripped the wire, and taped
> it up. Rerouted it so it doesn't go around the shaft, close up the
> dizzy, and start the car.
>
> Drove home.
>
> A nice guy in a Jeep stopped to see if he could help, but I had it
> under control.
>
> I didn't have any tools. They were all sitting on my workbench in the
> garage, I did everything with a
> keychain leatherman.
>
> I guess I won't be taking it to Kansas, I don't like the idea of a
> piece of electrical tape in the dizzy, I
> suppose I could put some shrink wrap on it.
>
> I'm also considering replacing it. Maybe an MDS?   I need to check
> the shaft of the dizzy to see
> if it's wobbly.
>
>
> Paul Root
> ptrmgb at gmail.com
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