Landlover99

Active Member

• Yesterday at 23:10

• #1

This is what happens when your dizzy shaft's o ring is seated in a groove too shallow. Or it's a poor quality cap. Who knows?

 

kermit_rr

Very

Full Member

• Yesterday at 23:36

• #2

Guessing poor quality

 

Loafer61

Well-Known Member

• Today at 04:35

• #3

Oh dear! I bought a couple of new ones and they were a dark blue (replacing an old black one). Seem fine so far…

 

Landlover99

Active Member

• Today at 12:12

• #4

It was tempting to try gluing it back together.

 

Landlover99

Active Member

• Today at 12:30

• #5

The supplier (in the UK - won't mention the name) said: "It's not often we see this."

 

Phill

Active Member

• Today at 12:46

• #6

Looks like you tried to reseat a stubborn distributor by applying force to the cap not design to take any force?

 

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Anaconda

Well-Known Member

• Today at 13:12

• #7

Landlover99 said:

The supplier (in the UK - won't mention the name) said: "It's not often we see this."

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I don't understand the reluctance to mention suppliers names, if we did it more often they might (doubt it) stop selling poor quality parts.
SimonBBC was always good for ignition parts when we had the 2a.

 

Loafer61

Well-Known Member

• Today at 18:01

• #8

Mine came from SimonBBC actually. Been excellent so far.

 

Landlover99

Active Member

• Today at 18:07

• #9

Phill, there's no reason a properly designed dizzy shouldn't be seated without drama by applying the necessary force to the cap itself. Caps should be manufactured robustly enough to tolerate the amount of force required to seat a dizzy quite easily. No way should this have happened.