31-05-2018, 02:05 PM
Following on from a previous post, I just checked the accuspark distributor today, the grease was very grey and I feared the worst and I wiped this off, looks to be some uniform wear, something is going on, I have probably only done a few hundred miles since fitting.
I replaced the original Lucas dizzy as I was fed up with rotor arm problems (riding up the shaft), the dizzy had been fully re-built by Distributor Doctor (at quite an expense), went back twice under warranty, replaced worn bushes (having only done tens of miles - so did they actually renew these or were these inadequate), and DD's only solution to prevent the rotor arm from riding this up was to glue this in position, really, the last straw was i noted that the oiler was not actually doing anything...
So, when the accuspark distributor came along (I had already fitted the accuspark ignition module in the Lucas dizzy) it seemed an ideal opportunity to cut my losses on the DD re-built dizzy and fit a new one.
I am now wondering if it will be possible to simply swap over an original gear for the new one, will the shaft be the same diameter??? What are the betting odds?
Here are the pictures of the greyed up grease along with the cleaned gear, I have re-packed with fresh grease. I am not hopeful that this will be a suitable remedy, but will have to do short-term.
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I replaced the original Lucas dizzy as I was fed up with rotor arm problems (riding up the shaft), the dizzy had been fully re-built by Distributor Doctor (at quite an expense), went back twice under warranty, replaced worn bushes (having only done tens of miles - so did they actually renew these or were these inadequate), and DD's only solution to prevent the rotor arm from riding this up was to glue this in position, really, the last straw was i noted that the oiler was not actually doing anything...
So, when the accuspark distributor came along (I had already fitted the accuspark ignition module in the Lucas dizzy) it seemed an ideal opportunity to cut my losses on the DD re-built dizzy and fit a new one.
I am now wondering if it will be possible to simply swap over an original gear for the new one, will the shaft be the same diameter??? What are the betting odds?
Here are the pictures of the greyed up grease along with the cleaned gear, I have re-packed with fresh grease. I am not hopeful that this will be a suitable remedy, but will have to do short-term.
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