Emergency rotor fix

[why]

Car running fine but when hot (180-190), if left to idle more than a few secs, would stall, then a few minutes later start right up or if on hill just pop clutch and fires. So since electrical is usually carb and carbs usually electrical I decided to rebuild distributor innards and retune carb to cover all bases (yeah right). Aware of importance of making sure rotor is ALL the way down, it wasn't. Split vertically in two pieces. Caterham 7 rotor equivalent held together with super glue for 15 years and 30,000 mi so I super glued Healey intending to order new one next day. 3 trips about 60 mi later it hit me I forgot to order new rotor, so I finally did and replaced super glued one. Not sure if permanent fix but at least ought to get you home if you have superglue handy or store near by. So far, also it hasn't stalled, or maybe its the super glued rotor that is responsible, have not driven since new one put on.

 

[vette]

A friend of mine had a broken rotor on his '69 Camaro. Might have been that the rotor wasn't pushed down all the way because the condition was that the metal contact arm was sheared from the plastic. He was alone and quite a ways out and at night. He couldn't keep the contact arm on the plastic but he was able to tear a beer can tab off an empty in the back seat and held it to the top of the rotor with a rubber band. Made the 15 miles to home. ( i didn't make that up, Dave).

 

[John Turney]

A friend of mine had a broken rotor on his '69 Camaro. Might have been that the rotor wasn't pushed down all the way because the condition was that the metal contact arm was sheared from the plastic. He was alone and quite a ways out and at night. He couldn't keep the contact arm on the plastic but he was able to tear a beer can tab off an empty in the back seat and held it to the top of the rotor with a rubber band. Made the 15 miles to home. ( i didn't make that up, Dave).

So keeping a can of beer in the car for emergencies is recommended?