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bettlesr · 10-08-2018, 12:22 PM

Corley:
I finally found out why my '80 Honda distributor quit after shortening the wires. I eventually got a '79 honda distributor with points and modified that. It works great.
When I was cutting the tang on the bottom of the shaft I found the problem. When I first put in the '80 unit I had to turn the distributor around 180° to get it to work. When I replaced the wires after shortening them I put them in where it looked like they should go WRONG it was now 180° out again. As the '79 distributor is working fine I have not tried the '80 unit again yet. DUH???

10-08-2018, 12:22 PM	#72
bettlesr Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Florham Park, NJ Posts: 396	Re: FSI distributor issue Corley: I finally found out why my '80 Honda distributor quit after shortening the wires. I eventually got a '79 honda distributor with points and modified that. It works great. When I was cutting the tang on the bottom of the shaft I found the problem. When I first put in the '80 unit I had to turn the distributor around 180° to get it to work. When I replaced the wires after shortening them I put them in where it looked like they should go WRONG it was now 180° out again. As the '79 distributor is working fine I have not tried the '80 unit again yet. DUH??? __________________ 1965 Lotus Elan S2 1930 Model A Sport Coupe