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Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:56 pm
by svenedin
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:47 pm
by Classiccars
But wow do they charge
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:53 pm
by svenedin
Classiccars wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:47 pm
But wow do they charge
Yes that is true! I searched for a NOS or refurbished distributor first and tried MMOC sprares as well but my search was fruitless so I had mine rebuilt instead at rather a scary cost.
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:55 pm
by myoldjalopy
Classiccars wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:47 pm
But wow do they charge
Eh? Its a distributor, not a dynamo!
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:07 pm
by svenedin
This is now installed and the car runs very well. I had an Accuspark distributor installed whilst the original was away and it was rubbish in comparison. The advance just was not right though the car ran better than with a very worn original distributor
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:33 pm
by kevin s
I'll struggle to use them after a recent poor experience with them, supplied faulty parts (rotor arms made of the wrong material) which they knew about and didn't bother to contact those affected, stuck beside the A14 on a freezing busy sunday evening when the car cuts out at 70mph in the fast lane, with a wife recovering from Cancer was no fun at all.
On the other hand Suffolk police and Hammond recovery come highly recomended!
To be fair they did send a new part but I would have expected a company who push (and charge for) quality to act before things went wrong (they had my address etc).
If you bought a rover V8 rotor arm from them around 18 months ago I would change it!
Re: Rebuilt Distributor Lucas 25D4. Very impressed
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:42 pm
by svenedin
kevin s wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:33 pm
I'll struggle to use them after a recent poor experience with them, supplied faulty parts (rotor arms made of the wrong material) which they knew about and didn't bother to contact those affected, stuck beside the A14 on a freezing busy sunday evening when the car cuts out at 70mph in the fast lane, with a wife recovering from Cancer was no fun at all.
On the other hand Suffolk police and Hammond recovery come highly recomended!
To be fair they did send a new part but I would have expected a company who push (and charge for) quality to act before things went wrong (they had my address etc).
If you bought a rover V8 rotor arm from them around 18 months ago I would change it!
I am sorry to hear that. Thank goodness you and you wife are OK. That must have been a frightening experience. I hope my rebuilt distributor proves more reliable!!