You wont lose anything by trying the repair option first. The engine will
either run, or not run. If it starts pinging turn it off and retard the
distributor. The vacuum unit is basically a diaphragm connected to a shaft
which pulls the
points around the distributor drive, when the diaphragm is pulled by vacuum
in the chamber.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2000 8:15 AM
Subject: vacum advance unit
> vacum advance + chris + dumbness + pressure = broken vacum advance
>
> I just managed to compress my series II bluebird vacum advance unit so
that
> the rear side of it became pushed in (toward the front). "Damn, oh well,
> I'll just get a new one" that was my original thought but they are $90 new
> from Nissan, and the only person who will sell me one second hand without
> the dizzy is about 1 hour drive away. GRRRRR. As i don't actually know
> what the hell is inside the unit's caseing, I was just wondering whether I
> would have broken anything important in doing so (I havn't bent it much -
> it's only bent on the bottom though so it wont screw back onto the dizzy).
> If I can put the mount bracket in a vice, and pull it back out, will there
> be too much damage to even use it? If i do pull it out, and it is beyond
> repair, can I just bolt it on anyway and just not have a vacum produced -
> and then drive it for a little while?
> Thanks for any info - chris.
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