Distributor prolems- can anyone help?

Post by **alfrednewall** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:54 pm

I am having some problems with my distributor I found last weekend when starting her up, a rather strange grinding noise. Initially i thought it was the starter motor but when listening carefully i realised it was coming from the distributior. Now when the starter is pulled the distributor makes a spinning noise, maybe slighly restricted, but does not fire up the engine at all. Quite worrying, I would appriciate any ideas. Thankyou.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:19 pm

Everyone seems to have ignored you! First off - remove the dizzy cap and inspect the internals - any damage to be seen ? It would be very unusual - but just possible - the rotor arm has come apart or has somehow tangled with the cap especially if the cap has not been fitted correctly. Withe the cap off and rotor arm exposed - what happens when you crank it - does the rotor arm go round ?

Post by **Kevin** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:43 pm

Everyone seems to have ignored you!

Not really he posted in two sections.
http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... ht=#127778

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:18 pm

Ahh - but no result so far except we now know it's going round! Does it still make the noise with the dizzy cap removed ?