19-08-2024, 01:32 AM
(18-08-2024, 07:56 PM)David Stepney Wrote:(18-08-2024, 07:15 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Some models of that - and the earlier distributor - have a screw-down grease cap to lubricate the spindle. I rebuilt a distributor the other week and filled the cap, expecting it to be no more than a cosmetic fitting and useless. But, no, just one turn of the cap and grease came out at both the bottom and the top. I don't know what the official instructions regarding its use were, but based on the usual Austin advice to grease everything every 500 miles, I'll bet it was, 'fill the cap and screw it down fully every time you fill the petrol tank'. I can't remember ever greasing the spindle when the car was in daily use and doing 15,000 to 19,000 miles a year.
I give mine half a turn every service. Only had to refill it once in 20K miles.
That sounds about right!