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That doesn't really tell us anything. Standard distributor on 1300/1600 engines is Bosch SVDA (single vacuum, dual advance), which has vacuum and centrifugal advance. 1200 and early 1300/1500 engines have a vacuum-only distributor which is wider and squatter than the SVDAs and is not compatible with later carbs.
Hmmm OK. Well it’s a single vacuum advance distributor, it’s not Bosch and it’s definitely not a 009, but tbh I don’t know if it has centrifugal advance too. Any way to tell without taking it apart?fig wrote:That doesn't really tell us anything. Standard distributor on 1300/1600 engines is Bosch SVDA (single vacuum, dual advance), which has vacuum and centrifugal advance. 1200 and early 1300/1500 engines have a vacuum-only distributor which is wider and squatter than the SVDAs and is not compatible with later carbs.
Why did you need to modify points to fit?
It sounds like you need to look for a correct distributor. If yours isn't Bosch, what is it? No name Chinese? Something else?Poppy62 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:21 pmHmmm OK. Well it’s a single vacuum advance distributor, it’s not Bosch and it’s definitely not a 009, but tbh I don’t know if it has centrifugal advance too. Any way to tell without taking it apart?
I had to grind a little off the points base plate to clear a small bolt head inside the distributor.
Great now you have a starting point. There is nothing worse then shooting in the dark.Poppy62 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:24 pm So I’ve just got round to checking the compression. (I came down with f@&£ing shingles a week ago!) and results are good: 950kpa/138psi in all cylinders except no. 2 which was 920. I’d have been pissed off with anything less really because I’ve only recently done the rings and heads. So it seems the problem isn’t there...
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