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| blazerchad |
 Aug 25 2009, 10:15 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 16-August 09 From: portland oregon Member No.: 10,684 Region Association: None  |
so my litle silver 1972 1.7 L has been running, not running, running...
i broke a piece in my stock dist. the ball bearing/advance hold down armature. went to a shop, figuring they had parts, they replaced my dist. was not the right dist, shorter dist cap, diff rotor.. so i yarded it out, stole the advance hold down and points, swapped them over and realized I didnt mark my position. then i noticed the dist had an offset connection, only one way to go in! OK, put the new one in, rotate the dist cam, popped into place. reset the points, did a visual dist position and cranked over, no start. odd. checked plug 1,4,3,2 firing order, position of number one on dist and to plug... hmmm... this dist worked fine until it broke, now its fixed... cant buy a new/used one... ive checked around... no love... sigh... |
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| blazerchad |
Aug 25 2009, 12:14 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 16-August 09 From: portland oregon Member No.: 10,684 Region Association: None |
that distributor that was put in by the shop was a type 3...
im going backwards to the original... (IMG:http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195.snc1/6576_135583278520_683318520_2344725_3611263_n.jpg) think i found the problem... in the image i have one of the fi contacts broken... fixing that now.. |
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| rjames |
Aug 25 2009, 02:30 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 4,450 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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QUOTE(blazerchad @ Aug 25 2009, 11:14 AM)  that distributor that was put in by the shop was a type 3... im going backwards to the original... (IMG:http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195.snc1/6576_135583278520_683318520_2344725_3611263_n.jpg) think i found the problem... in the image i have one of the fi contacts broken... fixing that now.. Don't you just hate those old wires? I was putting new points in my distributer the other day and was amazed that I haven't broken any of the existing wires in the engine bay yet just by brushing up against them. One day I will get around to replacing them all. (Probably not before I break one of them first by accident though). |
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blazerchad distributor woes Aug 25 2009, 10:15 AM
SLITS PM sent .... read it. Aug 25 2009, 10:32 AM underthetire Even if the advance plate is not working at all, t... Aug 25 2009, 10:39 AM SLITS The shorter cap one is probably the Type 3 distrib... Aug 25 2009, 11:53 AM
blazerchad http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs195... Aug 26 2009, 03:49 AM |
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