backfire through SU and rough running

[Malcolm Parker]

I had a new Bosch 009 distributor on the Ulster.  It needed a new rotor arm and points before it would run at all.   After a few miles it lost power and started coughing, the whole base plate was loose and revolving in the body.   Consigned to the bin.   I would use a proper Bosch distributor (mine is from an old Skoda) or put a good old Lucas in.
The saloon prefers a Lucas DK4 to any of the various Bosch types I have tried.