<VV> Misses like crazy

[Sethracer at aol.com]

This mod is available, not sure where: Soldered ground wire from pivot to  
plate. This is a new plate, with the mod done. The foam died of old age! 
Tight  in rotation.
 

 

 
In a message dated 7/24/2017 1:09:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

And a  good time to check the wear of the pivot on the points plate. The 
plate  grounds through this pivot, so wear here can also cause a miss as the 
vacuum  advance moves the plate.

These plate pivots can be  rebuilt.

Frank DuVal

---- Jim Simpson via VirtualVairs  <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote: 
> Also check the "little black  wire".  That's the wire that goes into the
> distributor to connect  to the points.  It flexes near the entry point as
> the vacuum  advance works it back and forth and over the years and as the
> copper  wire work hardens, it can break internally.
> 
> When you first  start or are accelerating, the vacuum is low so the wire
> might be held  in a position where it makes contact, but when cruising the
> vacuum  advance moves it and the contact becomes intermittent.
> 
> Worth  replacing every decade or two...
> 
> Jim Simpson
> Group  Corvair
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