RE: [DML] Trigger/Stator air gap

["John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,
I just put a distributor back together the other day and man was it full of
grit eating away at the sleeve bearings. But, After everything was cleaned
and reassembled the best I could get was 18 thousands between the points on
the center part and the reluctor plate. There are 3 screws that can be
loosened and the with the feeler gauge set the space and then snug them
down. I use an 3mm long handle allen tool on the one I fixed.
John Hervey
www.specialtauto.com





-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Spittle [mailto:supermatty@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:54 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Trigger/Stator air gap





I had my ignition distributor out of the car to replace the pickup-
coil wire, and noticed that when I rotated it by hand, the "crown"
rubs against the 3 protruding sections of the pickup (impulse) coil.

What is the proper method to fix this?  Do I adjust the distance
between the two parts to be 0.25mm as stated as the "trigger/stator
air gap" in the service manual?  Or is that specification referring
to something else?

The parts I'm referring to are:

http://www.specialtauto.com/delorean-parts/images/ignitionsystem.jpg

Part #8 I am calling the "crown"

Part #17 I'm calling the pickup coil.  You can see the 3 little
pieces of metal that stick upward on the top of it.  This is what is
rubbing the "crown" when it rotates.

I didn't know if this issue was critical or not.  The problem I was
having was that my tach was jumping all over the place, and wiggling
the pickup coil wire even caused the engine to shut down at times.  I
am replacing the pickup coil wire, but I thought I best ask the list
about this as well.

thanks,

Matt
#1604








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