Re: LRO: Dizzy repair (was crap, crap, crap)

From: Rolston (kuvasz@snet.net)
Date: Sun Apr 08 2001 - 21:03:34 EDT

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    Might be a good time to go to a Crane or the like electronic points
    replacement. the Cranes optical shutter doesn't mind a bit of shaft wobble.
    Jim

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "David Scheidt" <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
    To: <lro@works.team.net>
    Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 8:31 PM
    Subject: Re: LRO: Dizzy repair (was crap, crap, crap)

    > On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Todd Ondick wrote:
    >
    > :Terriann's post got me thinking about my wobbly distrubuter shaft. It
    isn't
    > :too bad yet, but I'd like to get it fixed sometime in, say, the next 10
    to
    > :15 years. Does anyone know of an outfit that cures shaft wobble? Um, I
    > :mean, re-bushes dist. shafts?
    > :regards,
    >
    > A good machine shop should be able to replace the bushes. Shockingly, you
    > can get a rebuilt one from AutoZone, for $65 or so. They won't have one
    for
    > a Land-Rover but one for an MGB will work. The advance curves are
    > different, but that shouldn't matter. I ran a dizzy out of an MG and
    > didn't have a problem.
    >
    > david
    > --
    > dscheidt@tumbolia.com
    > Bipedalism is only a fad.
    >
    >



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