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Brosky

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How about Gorilla Glue? I'd mail you one, but it would get there faster from Moss or a local supplier.
 
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Just put on the spare you kept, last time you replaced the rotor
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Seriously, you should have a spare on hand. Order two of them.

Probably won't hurt anything to try gluing it together, but I have serious doubts it will work for very long. Lots of electrical stress on that plastic, and the edges of the crack provide a path for the voltage to follow to ground.
 
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Bummer 2 Wrench, guess I better put a spare on my list of parts to order.

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Dennis !!

You know you need at bare minimum:
4 spare rotors
4 spare condensers
4 spare sets of points.

These cars gobble up rotors. I had a rotor fly apart
one hour out of the box.

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I have a question for you, 2wrench. How did you manage to break it?
 
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Tinster said:
Dennis !!

You know you need at bare minimum:
4 spare rotors
4 spare condensers
4 spare sets of points.

These cars gobble up rotors. I had a rotor fly apart
one hour out of the box.

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Dale ain't too far off. I order them by the half dozen. Always carry 2 spares.
 
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Well, I had this friend over to help me (more like we have fun shooting the
bull and teling stories....

Anyway, he touched it a couple times; closed and opened the distributor
cap and the rotor fell to pieces. Go figure.
 
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If it broke when the distributor cap was being closed and opened check the cap carefully for damage aswell maybe an idea to order a spare cap aswell
 
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I get my cap and rotor at World Wide Auto in Madison, WI. And change them once a year, or about 10,000 to 12,000 miles. I don't carry a spare.
https://www.nosimport.com/
Cap is made in Germany and rotor in Italy.
Before installing the rotor I use a small screwdriver and make several lite vertical scratches inside from top to bottom. This makes sure it fits snugly on the shaft. (A tip from Jeff at Advanced)
 
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Cool, Tom. Thanks for sharing. I'll try that. I suppose the thin
scratches leave very small raised areas on each side and that makes for
a slightly snug fit, huh?
 
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