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Offline tony

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distributor points
« on: 31 Jan 2009 at 17:37 »
hi i need a new set of dist points /condenser/rotor, for my 1957 dragonfly any advice would be gratfully recieved regards tony

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Re: distributor points
« Reply #1 on: 31 Jan 2009 at 18:51 »
Original spares for Miller distributors are now almost impossible to find, but providing the body of the rotor arm is sound, a new contact and spring can be cut from sheet metal. Any condenser from a Lucas distributor can be utilised - they don't seem to be voltage critical ( I have used Vauxhall Viva condensers in the past). The points are more difficult to obtain - they were only used in the Dragonfly and one model of Scott and, I believe, the Trojan van. Similar points which can be modified were used in the Siba Dynastart that was fitted to Villiers engines for use in invalid carriages - in fact they used two sets, one for forward direction and one for reverse!

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Re: distributor points
« Reply #2 on: 01 Feb 2009 at 08:38 »
hi eddie, thanks again for info all noted hunt starts now regards tony



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