08-03-2019, 11:10 AM
It should be kept in mind that distributor gears do wear from natural everyday use and that is why all the cherished suppliers hold them in stock.
I have a distributor which was retired from service around 1980, decades before the dyanamator came along with an awful gear. See photos.
Recently my Accusparc distributor was blamed for not producing an ignition spark. Further investigation showed that although the battery charged up to 7.1 volts, as soon as the engine was cranked that voltage collapsed to 4v. A fresh battery solved the starting issue.
My Dynamator has now completed about 2000 miles using Austin gears and no undue wear has been noted.
Generally the traditional causes of fail should be investigated and corrected first.
Yes I am aware of the gear issue with the dynamator, as myself and Ron Sadler and Ruairidh were the first to note the problem. Moving on from that, the community now know to use Austin gears and there should no longer be a continuing failure of timing gears.
Cheers
Roly
I have a distributor which was retired from service around 1980, decades before the dyanamator came along with an awful gear. See photos.
Recently my Accusparc distributor was blamed for not producing an ignition spark. Further investigation showed that although the battery charged up to 7.1 volts, as soon as the engine was cranked that voltage collapsed to 4v. A fresh battery solved the starting issue.
My Dynamator has now completed about 2000 miles using Austin gears and no undue wear has been noted.
Generally the traditional causes of fail should be investigated and corrected first.
Yes I am aware of the gear issue with the dynamator, as myself and Ron Sadler and Ruairidh were the first to note the problem. Moving on from that, the community now know to use Austin gears and there should no longer be a continuing failure of timing gears.
Cheers
Roly
1931 RN, 1933 APD