kellysguy said:
lbc_newbie said:
Colin8 said:
If you have spark at the coil and to the dist center terminal, then the problem is in the path from the center terminal of the cap through the rotor and into the cylinder terminal of the cap. Or all the plug wires are bad - not likely.
Check to make sure the distributor is properly timed to the engine: i.e. is the rotor pointing in the correct direction toward the cap terminal of the corresponding cylinder when that cyl is at TDC on the compression stroke? If it IS, then the only think left is a bad rotor or bad cap.
Has the distributor drive shaft been removed? It must be correctly timed with the camshaft. The distributor can only engage with the drive shaft one way, but if the shaft can easily be engaged with the cam incorrectly.
The rotor is pointing to the correct cylinder. It was installed at TDC on the compression stroke.
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Colin8, In your defense, he said it was all correct when you asked.
That is INSANE you have to drill your own hole. I wonder why?
Might as well sell round steel stock as a high performance cam.
In my VB catalog it just states "Midget Sprite" for application on this dizzy. Are these interchangable b/w the Triumph 1500 and the A series?
To clarify....the rotor was pointing to around 3:30 prior to re-drilling. Now it is pointing to more like 1:30. I was not 180 degrees off, but maybe 60. We'll know more tomorrow. Next time I'll leave a trail of bread crumbs and document everything more accurately. It's hard to recall everything that we did exactly. Like RickB said...
1. it won't run
2. screw around with everything until -
3. everything is all screwed up
4. find the original problem
5. spend a lot of time fixing all the things you fixed between #1 and #4