[tcb] Re: squeky squeky squeky
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:56:52 -0500 (EST)
Make sure the rotor is seated all the way down, otherwise file the brass
contact on the cap down slightly.
You'll chew up the cap, crack it and the rotor.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 14, 2006 1:52 PM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: squeky squeky squeky
>
>well the cap hasn't cracked yet but i can clearly see a gouge where it is
>hitting
>
>
>>From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [tcb] Re: squeky squeky squeky
>>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:48:11 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
>>
>>Lube the shaft..
>>
>>At the top of your distributor rotor shaft you have a felt pad put some oil
>>on it. Not WD40 on that felt.. Use like 3-1 or Marvel Mystery Oil etc.
>>
>>Take a can of WD40 and spray underneath the contact point plate. This
>>will help lubricate the sprints and the weights and the pivots.
>>
>>Your cap shouldn't be contacting the rotor directly, there's a small airgap
>>there. If it is hitting it it'll cause the cap to crack.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Nov 14, 2006 12:08 PM
>> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [tcb] squeky squeky squeky
>> >
>> >so my bus runs great drives great, a little windy right now though,
>>starts
>> >great. but, i hear a squeky squeky squeky noise comming from the
>> >distributor. and i think i no what it is but how is it happening and what
>>to
>> >do about it? the rotar thingy is rubbing against the number 2 area of the
>> >distributor cap. it does it when i put my extra cap on as well. and it
>>does
>> >it with the extra rotar as well also. what should i do about this is it
>> >going to hurt anything? i drove it to the conway show last month and it
>>did
>> >it the whole tiime. seems to go away at higher rpm's though. (like
>>highway
>> >speed rpms)
>> >
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