Thread: On The Hook Two

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Ken,
First let me say I do not have anywhere near the knowledge that you have.

I had a brand new import car 1971 I was constantly resetting the points. I took the distributor out but you could not rebuild it. It turned out the shaft was bent and that would throw off the dwell, when the engine would get shutoff sometimes the dwell was to wide. I would reset the points, start it up, it took awhile to figure it out. New distributor did the trick. If you have an extra one you could try it. Just thinking but that was my problem.

Richard

Ken, if it's not side play, is there vertical play in the shaft when the dist is installed? That sure is a funky rotor, what brand is it?....this is in the ex-Indy motor, isnt it? Perhaps you have to shim the distributor shaft if there is too much vertical play.....can you see in the cap where it hits the terminals?

mike in tucson

Richard- Thanks for replying, I don't have a spare, but I may have one soon

Mike- No, this is a Donovan, the distributor is a Vertex HEI that looks like a mag. Thanks I will check that, it makes sense.