Thread: Need help for series distributor

I assume you've double checked that the HT leads are in the right order.

Also, how does the engine bay look at night with the engine running? Any stray sparks will show up easily.

Timing being out does not usually make it run rough, and the fact that it starts and runs means the timing is not too far out. Similarly, the gap being incorrect, as long as it is somewhere near right, should not make it run rough - the symptom there would be hard starting, miss at high rpm, hesitation when putting the foot down, that sort of thing rather than rough running.

I suggest you probably have damaged the connection at one end of one or more of the ignition high tension leads. Other possibilities include that you have cracked the distributor cap or rotor button.

Less likely is a loose connection somewhere, possibly on the lead between the breaker plate and the distributor body.

Hope this helps.

John

I am 99% sure...



That right?

I had the bonnet off in the dark and didnt see any crazy sparks...

No, I would have thought that it would have been 1 3 4 2, not 1 2 3 4 or 1 4 3 2 depending on your dizzy rotation.

Cap and button are fine, I will have a closer look at the HT leads. Cheers.

If your distributor looks like this (with the advance mech set the same):

http://www.hollandrover.co.uk/distributor-erc6986-land-rover-series-2-2a-3-214-p.asp

then you've set the firing order as 1 2 3 4.

If you've marked #1 & know that's right, then swap the rest around.
If you're not sure where #1 is, pull out the plugs & turn the motor over by hand with a thumb or piece of rag over #1. When you feel the compression, see where the rotor button is pointing - that's #1.

Just to confirm, correct firing order is 1-3-4-2. Distributor rotates anticlockwise viewed from above.

Hope I have that right!
John

Thanks both of you. I thought I had it right... not the first time hehe. but will have a fiddle around soon and see what happens.

Thanks again.

Sam