rusnak

Just a reminder to pull your distributor cap and rotor, grab the center post, and check for radial play.

If you have worn bushings, the center post will move. You should consider sending it in now for a rebuild, and do not drive out of town with a distributor that is about to fail. You don't want to have good weather and a 911 that you can't drive.

A lot of SC and Carrera owners have posted about failing distributors in the last few years. Again, I think this is something to do with mileage on cars with >150K miles.

theiceman

.. oh my god mine is turning the wrong way according to my Bentley !!!!:cry ing:

old man neri

If I recall correctly one is also suppose to drop a bit of oil on the felt every so often.

Peter Zimmermann

Marvel Mystery Oil at that...

rusnak

Seriously? MMO in the dizzy? I'll go out and buy some (never tried the stuff).

Also, before you hit the road this Spring/ Summer, be sure you have an extra DME relay and a fuse pack in the glovebox. If anyone is interested, we can start a travel tool/parts checklist thread, but those are the bare essentials.

theiceman

they are ? I have never had a DME relay go in my life

old man neri

Check under your seat, yours is probably gone already. It would explain why your airbox blew.

theiceman

damn i have it ... keep a spare airbox in the glove compartment

DL Lawrence

What is this "felt" that you speak of? Will it be visible with the cap and rotor removed?

whalebird

A few years ago, I went yhrough a rash of 911 SC distributor rebuilds. The main problem was the advance function was frozen, keeping the felt oiled prevents this. Putting a vacuum line on the advance and sucking on it with a vacuum pump, or mouth, should produce forward rotation of the inner workings of the distributor. Needless to say, the customer was happy to get the car back with all that newfound performance.
I think this is a good thread for the owners of older cars.

GothingNC

Good thread on Dist maint

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...stributor+lube

John

MDL

shazammmm...that is what I used in the 70's on my Honda 750!

rusnak

ayyyyy, The Fonz says use Marvel Mystery Oil.

I gotta get some and try it.

dshepp806

Had a recent start issue,..very intermittent,..for only 2 days. Reseated the DME rely and all was well.

Following week, I made sure that I got the damned relay changed out (although the existing contacts looked OK),..and cleaned the female side of the DME relay receptacle with "fluids"(good cleaner then dielectric stuff)....gotta' watch that corrosion. It's amazing what that DME relay can (or should I say "WON'T") do should she see resistance across her contacts...every year, she's changed out...period.

Best,

Doyle

TT Oversteer

Sweet Honda. That bike changed motorcycling forever. I had a CB750F and CB900F. I wish I still had them. Love the NASA helmet by Bell too.