Years ago the distributor in my '56 Imperial became so worn that the rotor
scrapped the inside of the distributor cap. It rained little flakes of brass
down over the points, which finally must have arced and killed the ignition.
When it quit, one of the first things that I did was open the distributor and
discover that problem. Once I replaced it, the car started and ran fine.
Paul
In a message dated 8/8/2004 12:45:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Dick Benjamin"
<dickb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>The rotor is on a shaft which is free to rotate a small amount as the
>centrifugal advance weights swing out at higher RPMS. If you take out the
>breaker plate and look, you can see this mechanism. There should be two fly
>weights, held in by a couple of springs, and a cam mechanism to advance the
>rotor shaft when the weights are extended. If you are remarking about the
>ability to rotate the rotor, and if it returns to the same point every time
>when you release it, there is no problem, relax.
>
>If, on the other hand, you can make it stay rotated when you advance it,
>your advance mechanism needs service.
>
>Lastly, If you are talking about being able to move the rotor sideways (not
>in pure rotation), you've got a badly worn out distributor - I'm amazed the
>car will run that way. The top bearings are totally shot!
>
>Dick Benjamin.
>
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>My distributor rotor always wiggled left and right about a quarter of an
>inch. Is this normal?
>
>Johan
>Washington DC
>65 LeBaron 413
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