[TR] Lucas 25d distributor

[Roger Elliott]

Thanks Randall!

Sounds like I just messed it up.  I guess I will replace it for now with 
some stranded wire just to see if it works.  It looks like some of the 
vendors have that wire available, so I will get it and repair it correctly.

Thanks,
Roger


On 1/4/2014 12:42 PM, Randall wrote:
>> The original LT lead was clamped to the points plate
> That was the ground lead for the point plate, not the low tension lead.  You need two wires, the LT lead goes from the insulated
> terminal on the side to the spring for the points (on the post but insulated from the post by a "top hat").  The ground lead was
> originally (I believe) riveted to the moving point plate, then over to one of the screws that holds the fixed base plate to the
> body.
>
> Both wires are a special material, that flexes easily (so to not interfere with the action of the vacuum advance), and hopefully
> lasts a long time with constant flexing.  Ordinary stranded wire will work, but not for very long.
>
> ISTR that there are two styles of LT lead; but maybe I'm thinking of the difference between DM2 and 25D4.
>
> Randall