Surge
in business for the Distributor Doctor
Martin Jay runs the distributor refurbishment and spares specialist,
the Distributor Doctor, down in Somerset.
See our original NEWS item on the Distributor Doctor. More
Does your distributor need the Doctor?
Preview a copy of the two page article on a visit to the Distributor
Doctor. Preview
Distributor Doctor
1 Bovey Cottages,
Waterrow
Wiveliscombe TA4 2BA
01398 361678
www.distributordoctor.com
(December 2010)
Posted: 6.12.10
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Following
the brief item on poor quality replacement rotor
arms and condensers in the four page V8
Newsletter in the December 2010 issue of Safety
Fast! (see copy below), Martin Jay has been in touch
to say he has had a surge in enquiries and orders.
He says "I think I may need to take on extra
staff when the "article proper" is due
to be published in the February 2011 issue!"
By the "article proper" he means a two
page technical article - Does your distributor need
the Doctor?" - prepared by Bob Owen and Victor
Smith following their visit to the Doctor's surgery
in Somerset. The Editor of Safety Fast! plans to
publish the article in the January 2011 issue, so
why not preview the article now. Preview |
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Martin
Jay runs the distributor specialist, the Distributor Doctor,
down in Somerset. Poor quality replacement parts have
been causing misfiring problems for many MG enthusiasts.
In many cases misfiring begins within a matter of 50 to
100 miles of the replacement part being fitted and then
it gets progressively worse until the car suffers badly.
Many of these remanufactured rotor arms have been failing
because the typical "mix" used in the injection
moulding contains more carbon blacking and is therefore
more conductive. Also the rivet which holds the brass
inlay or conductor arm into the moulding, is slightly
longer than the original, bringing it too close to the
spring clip on the underside where it fits onto the top
of the distributor shaft. The high tension current, averaging
30,000 volts, is always looking for the easiest route
to earth and shorts out from the tip of the overlong rivet,
through the reduced thickness of the more conductive plastic
and the spring clip on the underside of the rotor arm,
to earth out down the distributor shaft. Result - no sparks
at the plugs. Well now there is way to avoid that by getting
reliable parts.
Ian Ailes let us know of a specialist in Somerset, Martin
Jay the Distributor Doctor, who has good stocks of original
Lucas parts and good quality remanufactured items made
to high standards. Telephone Martin on 01398 361678 for
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