16-06-2020, 09:01 PM
Seeing a certain amount of use for essential shopping, the Ruby has put in many miles, generally in a smooth and delightful manner. I have occasionally caught the sound of slight hesitation, never in a particular way or dependent on speed or throttle. Today, having earned a bucket load of brownie points on some domestic decoration, I went to the workshop and opened the bonnet. I checked wiring, plugs etc and found nothing wrong. Then for some reason I tried the distributor and discovered some play. None of the fastenings were loose, but there is distinct movement of the body of the dizzy. The distributor is quite recent from Willie MacKenzie, the dynamo was rewound a couple of years ago but I don't recall further work such as new bearings. This is to ask if there is anything I should look out for, or any particular steps to take? Otherwise is it just take out distributor, and then what might I find?