At 07:52 AM 8/8/2005 -0400, Greg Rowe wrote:
>I'm having trouble with the vacuum advance on my 1978 US spitfire with
>the stock Lucas 45D4 distributor with an Allison Electronic Ignition.
>But when I disconnect the vacuum advance, the problem goes away.
>It seems to me t
That "low tech method" can be very useful at times.
To diagnose a problem without lots of fancy test
equipment, you have to be willing to use all your
senses,
and a surprisingly large number of body parts.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
> I have also checked for a
> vacuum leak in the
> hose and carb fittin
I'm having trouble with the vacuum advance on my 1978 US spitfire with
the stock Lucas 45D4 distributor with an Allison Electronic Ignition. I
hadn't checked the timing for about 2 years due to a broken timing
light. I recently bought a new one and found that my initial timing was
sp
Did a minor overhaul of ignition system last night. Found petrol and/or water
in the vacuum advance on the dizzy. Needless to say I removed it. The car now
runs better than ever (yet again!). Any ideas what causes fluid to end up in
there? I can only think of the car being run waaay rich and
Does anyone out there have a source for getting vacuum advance units
repaired? Also, does anyone know which Mallory distributor will fit in the
GT6 engine? This was spoken of in an article on GT6's in the latest issue
of Grass Roots Motorsports. The unit referred to is for a Jaguar.
