Strange noise from distributor.. Please help.

Post by **alfrednewall** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:57 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 **8009STEVE** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:45 pm

Pop off the dissy cap, spin the engine over and see if the rotor arm moves. If it does not move, then pop the dissy out to see what has broken.

Post by **alfrednewall** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:25 pm

it is moving round as i turn the fan round. i can also see the two little contacts touching at the relavent point. Why is it not fireing. Should I take the thing apart? I dont really know what I am looking for.

Post by **Kevin** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:48 pm

When did you last put a spot of oil in the dizzy, are you sure the noise is the dizzy and not the starter, you can try the old trick of holding a screwdiver against the housing to see if the noise is magnified.
Also if you dont know what you are looking at dont try to dismantle a distributor, have you checked if there is a spark or do you not know how to ?