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.
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