A rebuilt distributor would cure this problem. I don't think there should be that much slop in the shaft. Paul In an email dated Thu, 24 3 2005 10:55:24 pm GMT, "Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx> writes: >>From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: Re: IML: Ignition failure II >> >>I had the distributor cap off and the rotor seemed to >>have excessive play, not that I know what that would >>be. ?If you described the circle that the outer edge >>of the rotor makes, the rotor pivots back and forth >>about 2-3cm Seems sloppy to me. ?I have not put a >>timing light on it to see if the spark timing is >>jumping around. ?Plan to do so, right? > > ? In my '62 I bent the distributor shaft once - the car wouldn't stay in >tune at all that way. > ? ? -Kle. > > > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm