Ok, I got the rotor carrier shafting my hand ! http://www.nettally.com/palmk/DistRCarrier1.jpg
But I very surprised about the fact that I can turn the right part for
about 5 degrees free
Is it normal ? ???
BTW, it was long to succeed to dismantle the distributor.
The plastic ferrite rotor need hours to go. I tried a lot of method to
catch it, with wires in the 3 holes but it break at the basis. So I have
to glue it or to buy a new one (if it exist !)
After I take all the distributor out of the car but I’m not sure to be
able to fit it again at the good place. I draw some marks but …
The lubrication of “Lucas CEI Distributor Components” may be a great
job only because of the damned “plastic rotor with ferrite”
Pascal
Kirbert
(Author of the Book, former owner of an '83 XJ-S H.E.)
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Ok, I got the rotor carrier shafting my hand ! http://www.nettally.com/palmk/DistRCarrier1.jpg
But I very surprised about the fact that I can turn the right part for
about 5 degrees free
Is it normal ? ???
IOW, the tubular portion will rotate 5 degrees relative to the flat
plate portion? Congratulations, you just found a problem with your
car! No, it’s supposed to behave as a solid single piece. This
problem has been reported before, there’s even a couple of methods
for fixing it listed in the book. My suggestion is that you have it
brazed.
BTW, it was long to succeed to dismantle the distributor.
The plastic ferrite rotor need hours to go. I tried a lot of method to
catch it, with wires in the 3 holes but it break at the basis.
In my book, there is a suggestion to use the base of the distributor
itself as the puller. Did you try that?
Whatever, it’s broken now. Not an uncommon situation.
So I have
to glue it or to buy a new one (if it exist !)
Don’t glue it, buy a new one. If they don’t exist – and maybe even
if they do – I’d advise you to buy an aftermarket ignition system
such as the Allison or Crane. That allows you to get rid of the
silly plastic rotor as well as the unreliable ignition amp, and
provides a reliable ignition system that in entirety will probably
cost less than that plastic rotor! You’ll still need to braze the
rotor carrier shaft, though, since the low-cost aftermarket ignition
systems still use the OEM advance mechanisms, they just replace the
pickup and amp.
– Kirbert | Palm’s Postulate:
| If anything is to be accomplished,
| some rules must be broken.
| – Kirby Palm, 1979From: Pascal Doxarve pdoxarve@worldcom.ch
