mojobaby
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In all my years of driving, I've never had a rotor fail. I usually change it at the same time that I replace my points which is probably about every 2 years.
Yesterday, I drove to town, parked, and when I started up again I heard a loud "clack" and my car cut out. When I tried to start it again it took a while and I had the feeling that my points gap had closed.
Eventually it fired up, but I had to keep the revs high to keep the engine going.
When I arrived home, the first thing I did was remove the distributer cap to check the points. to my surprise, the rotor slipped off very easily and had a lot of play on the shaft.
I checked the rotor against my spare and discovered that the little inside spring metal plate had disappeared. I haven't yet found it; it must be somewhere inside the distributer but I'm just going to leave it there and hopefully it won't cause any further problems. The last thing I need right now is to dismantle my whole distributer!!
Yesterday, I drove to town, parked, and when I started up again I heard a loud "clack" and my car cut out. When I tried to start it again it took a while and I had the feeling that my points gap had closed.
Eventually it fired up, but I had to keep the revs high to keep the engine going.
When I arrived home, the first thing I did was remove the distributer cap to check the points. to my surprise, the rotor slipped off very easily and had a lot of play on the shaft.
I checked the rotor against my spare and discovered that the little inside spring metal plate had disappeared. I haven't yet found it; it must be somewhere inside the distributer but I'm just going to leave it there and hopefully it won't cause any further problems. The last thing I need right now is to dismantle my whole distributer!!