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Adv. Distributors one "BAD" company

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Adv. Distributors one "BAD" company

A long message but my last technical post on the BCF

I made a promise to a few BCF folks that I would not pull
out of the BCF until my renovated dizzy arrived from Jeff
Schlemmer at Advanced Distributors.. It arrived today and
if Jeff ain't the baddest dizzy dude in the trade, than I
don't know who could do better work. Jeff added all kinds
of new wizz bang things to my dizzy that he rebuilt 2 years ago. And he rotated my dog setting 180*.

<span style="color: #000099">So, I've kept my promise!</span>

He's two photos. I'll do a complete 'How to" for rookies;
with photos and text and publish it on my technical write up site. As to why another brand of rotor ate a new dizzy cap in 65 miles? Jeff's words follow these two photos. The rotor ins question was visibly longer than Jeff's custom made red rotors.

newrotor-1.jpg


I simply cannot say enough good things about Jeff at Advanced Distributors. I am so lucky I stopped driving the car when it developed a stutter in the mid-2000 rpm range and I sent the dizzy off to Jeff for a look/see.


rehabDizzy.jpg




In Jeff;s own words:

<span style="color: #660000">Honestly, I'm not sure what happened to your distributor. The upper shaft bushing or a bent shaft is the normal cause for rotor damage. Sometimes it can be that the car is run with the cap sitting a bit crooked. I took out the shaft and went through everything again, including checking the shaft to make sure its perfectly straight. I made a very, very small adjustment. I also provided you with a few replacement rotors (my own brand) because they can't possibly come apart like the ones you had. They also fit the shaft tighter. The loose fit of the old rotors may have lead to their demise. I expected to see a shaft with a .005" runout or greater but that just wasn't the case. I think the loose fitting rotor was the culprit. Either way, I cleaned things up, replaced the advance springs again, and made sure it was 100% up to par. Included a new Petronix to replace the one burned out. I also put in a Blue Streak
point set and condenser. They're the absolute best available and should last you a long, long time!!! </span>

Tinster the Fisherman
 
Re: Adv. Distributors one "BAD" company

"The loose fit of the old rotors may have lead to their demise. I expected to see a shaft with a .005" runout or greater but that just wasn't the case. I think the loose fitting rotor was the culprit."

I'm trying very hard not to say the inevitable "I told you!"

However, I'm glad it's cleared up.
 
Re: Adv. Distributors one "BAD" company

Mickey Richaud said:
"The loose fit of the old rotors may have lead to their demise. I expected to see a shaft with a .005" runout or greater but that just wasn't the case. I think the loose fitting rotor was the culprit."

I'm trying very hard not to say the inevitable "I told you!"

However, I'm glad it's cleared up.

<span style="color: #660000">Mickey- we both agreed on the phone while switching out rotors that
the loose rotors were probably the culprit they didn't fit correctly.

No "I told you so" on this one Padre. I might be a TR6 rookie but
I can feel a loose rotor as well as anyone. It was poorly made.

the fisherman</span>
 
Re: Adv. Distributors one "BAD" company

My comment was more about my own reveling in my correct diagnosis than anything else. Dale and I walked through a check of the fitment of the rotor over the phone, and we both agreed that the rotor was a horrible fit - very loose on the shaft - and probably caused the problems.

The truth is that I'm rarely correct, and I got carried away!!!
 
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