Re: SER1 The first trials to start the engine - Day 5

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Ulrico Becker wrote:
> And the fixation of the leads at the sparking plugs' end is also a 
> mystery. Although the spark is there I wonder how the lead is supposed 
> to be fixed inside the plug. There is a little plastic washer, but the 
> lead at least in one plug seems to be a pretty loose fit. Certainly it 
> shouldn't be like that.
I pretty quickly gave up on the original distributor, because of the 
problem with making leads for it.

I've swapped to a later distributor.... well, the *body* - the guts are 
rebuilt from several parts.

I'm now using the body of a lucas distributor - the same one as used in 
the the 2.25 engine, the Mini, and several other cars... This means that 
I can now use standard leads :-)


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          Ian Stuart, Perl Laghu. EDINA, Edinburgh University.
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