[Mgs] MGA Distributor Problems

[Steven Trovato]

Well, a 4-cycle engine goes to TDC twice.  Once at the top of the 
compression stroke and once at the top of the exhaust stroke.  Just 
remember, suck, squeeze, bang, blow.  You need to go all the way 
around one more time and the distributor should do another 180 
degrees and be right where you want it.  Then you will have spark at 
the right time, the engine will run and all will be right with the world.

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net


At 03:57 PM 9/30/2012, Robert J. Guinness wrote:
>I replaced the distributor with another used one.  When I set the
>engine at TDC to static time the "new" distributor (DM2), the rotor
>points 180 degrees away from the #1 wire.  The distributor drops in OK.
>Of course the engine does nor start.  there is the occasional backfire
>and rifle out out the tail pipe.  I even dropped in a spare 25D
>distributor and it also points away from #1.