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| Author: | robertob [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | distributor cap broke my distributor gear :( |
Crazy - while giving the valiant a tuneup I put on a new cap and rotor (rotor was old stock, came with the car). Got a ticking sound, investigated and found it was the rotor hitting the cap. Tried a different rotor I had and 'crack' stripped distributor gear. At least I had a spare distributor laying around that I could rob the gear from to get it going again. Anyone seen this? Cap is a good one - Echlin that the NAPA guy said was better than others. Guess it's another sign of the crap quality of most aftermarket parts these days. |
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| Author: | Joshie225 [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:12 pm ] |
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Actually, the Echlin cap is the troubled one that's usually ground off-center. Take a look at the posts inside the cap and see if they are all ground equally. |
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| Author: | robertob [ Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:39 pm ] |
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Not very - that's clearly the problem. I just read some other posts on this issue from Dan, so now time to get another cap. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:46 am ] |
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Damn...they're still grinding the Echlin MO-40/MO-4000 caps off centre?! I first saw this problem in 1993! Get a Standard-BlueStreak CH-410X cap instead. |
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