| Author | Message | ||
     Pete Angilly (Mfa51) New Member Username: Mfa51 Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2003 |
Last night I changed my distributor cap and rotor on my 95 disco. When I pulled off the rotor it moved the shaft it attaches to about 20 degrees. Most cars I have worked on will have a couple of degrees of movement left or right. I put everything back together and now it won't start. If I lift up on the new rotor I can turn it about 180 degrees. | ||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 546 Registered: 10-2002 |
Oooh, that sounds bad! Your right, there might be a little play, but you shouldn't have that much. Land Rovers are notorious for getting the rotor stuck. Did you have alot of trouble getting off the rotor? Did you have to bang or beat on it? If so you might have seriously damaged the distributor. | ||
| Pete Angilly (Mfa51) New Member Username: Mfa51 Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2003 |
Thanks for the reply John. I didn't have to beat on it just gave it a hard yank. It did seem more difficult than others I've done. Do you know of any good Rover salvage yards. Thanks | ||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 549 Registered: 10-2002 |
I have not used these guyes but others on the board have. http://www.rovercannibal.com/ Good Luck, | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1228 Registered: 02-2002 |
Try Aaron Auto before you go to Rover Cannibal, they won't jerk you around nearly as much. Aaron Auto 1-800-400-2276, ask for Lorenzo. | ||
| Wayne Smith (Wayne) New Member Username: Wayne Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2003 |
I did the same thing after getting a distributor splashed with water and attempting to check everything possible. The discovery distributors can lift out of their intended position, the solution for me was to disassemble the distributor. Once the internals of the distributor are stripped out you can see why it allowed you to lift it too high when removing the rotor and reposition the floating top shaft that the rotor connects to. This was all done in the car and took about 20 minutes to fix. The only tools required are a screw driver. Hope this helps. Wayne | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 209 Registered: 02-2003 |
did you use aftermarket or genuine rotor and cap? friend of mine just did a tune up and the aftermarrket rotor , purchased from advance auto parts was faulty. we put the old rotor in and it fired right up rd | ||
| Eric Brodis (Broder) New Member Username: Broder Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2002 |
I had the exact same problem. I marked the distributor and pulled it out. After I disassembled it I discovered the same problem as Wayne. Reassembled it and it started  While you have the thing torn apart check vac advance, mine was frozen. | ||
| Blake Monchilovich (Azblake) New Member Username: Azblake Post Number: 36 Registered: 02-2003 |
Same here. The springs can pull off of the centrifugal advance when lifting up on the rotor. You can rebuild it in place without having to pull the whole assembly. I'd order a new rebuild kit that has all the plastic bits and definitely check the vacuum advance, I had to rebuild that as well. | ||
| Pete Angilly (Mfa51) New Member Username: Mfa51 Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2003 |
Thanks Wayne and Eric. I did exactly what you discribed IT'S ALIVE!!! Great site. Pete |
