Distributor Cap Bingo (how to tell which rotor to use) - Tips, Tricks and How to

Welcome Guest! To enable all features please Login or Register.

Notification

Error

Marinette Aluminum Boat Forum » Marinette Repairs » Tips, Tricks and How to » Distributor Cap Bingo (how to tell which rotor to use)

Distributor Cap Bingo (how to tell which rotor to use)

Options View

Previous Topic Next Topic

fastjeff		#1 Posted : Monday, October 06, 2008 4:06:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Administration Medals: Groups: Admin2, Admin2, Admin, Administration, Member Joined: 12/5/2007(UTC) Posts: 3,133 Points: 5,732 Was thanked: 34 time(s) in 30 post(s)		For some moronic reason, Chrysler used two different types of distributor cap/ rotor combinations. One combo has the spring on the rotor, the other combo has the spring on the cap. Use a rotor with the wrong cap and the motor may run, but not for long! Here's what the two rotor setups look like. Note that one rotor has the spring on top, where the other does not. The caps are similar, with a spring pushing down the carbon contact in one case but not the other. Finally, note the the LENGTH of one rotor is less than the other--that means some nasty arching would be going on if that rotor was used with the wrong cap. Jeff fastjeff attached the following image(s): "...reality is not nearly as lovely as the world of Liberal Land. No wonder so many people want to go there." - Tom Sowell
Back to top		\| Edit by user

User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks
Sponsor
Please Register : To weed out spammers, new members may not post until approved. An email is usually sent after approval. This forum is for Marinette Owners and other aluminum boat boaters who wish to share boating information. Aluminum Roamer owners are also welcome. (Do not post content you do not have the right to post and mass (robots) posters are unwelcome. We also have a marine electronics page and lots of Chrysler Engine info. State by what permission you copy content and give credit properly.) The site is now fixed with some more Chrysler information. We have space for pictures on the new location. Use shinkpic to autochange size http://www.onthegosoft.com/sp_download.htm Great Sites - http://www.marinette.com Marinette Company http://web.me.com/dougmrose/Doug_Roses_Website/Welcome.html http://fastjeff.tripod.com/ Repair Tricks and Techniques for Marinettes http://www.greatlakesmarinetteclub.com/ PLEASE post in the appropriate folder. Please, do not post your actual email address in publicly readable websites. The first rule is be a class act.
Back to top

stan		#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:44:26 AM(UTC)
Rank: Top Rank Aluminum Star Groups: Member Joined: 3/14/2008(UTC) Posts: 226 Points: 593		Thanks Jeff Pics cleared up alot of wondering Scratch my back with a hacksaw..........................
Back to top

User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

DiverDennis		#3 Posted : Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:07:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Marinette Royal Aluminum Poster (300+) posts Groups: Member Joined: 12/10/2007(UTC) Posts: 614 Points: 1,745 Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 7 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Thanks for taking the time to post with pictures. You are the Man! Surface Interval 1975 28' Express, Single M360 Specs: http://www.boatm8.com/my...amp;page=boats&arr=0
Back to top

User Profile View All Posts by User View Thanks

Users browsing this topic
guest

Marinette Aluminum Boat Forum » Marinette Repairs » Tips, Tricks and How to » Distributor Cap Bingo (how to tell which rotor to use)

Forum Jump

You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.