The fault might simply be that the lead into the top of the distributor cap is working itself loose. Using a company car I had the embarrassing experience of calling the company workshop staff out on a 30 mile return trip at 10.30 p.m. as I was returning from a meeting in the Midlands. The engine had cut out and I had coasted to a halt at a dangerous point where the road passed an airfield.
The fitter arrived sometime around 11.15 p.m. opened the bonnet, pushed down on the lead in the socket on the top of the distributor and said, 'Now try it', it started and ran faultlessly all the way back to the Ford Research and Engineering Centre where the car, and I, were based. As I expect you have been told already the connection to the crankshaft position sensor is also a potential trouble spot. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Susan and Martin Scott <[email protected]> To: quantumowners <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 9:05 Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 distributor Unless you can see anything obviouse (eg black 'tracking' or burn out contact on cap) it's probably the black unit on the side, in which case it's possibly cheaper (just as easy?) to get one of those and fit to the part you have. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: QM editor To: Quantum Owners Group Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2017 11:12 PM Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 distributor Thanks everyone, and specially Chris. I'm familiar with the spring clips and had not seen a pair of screws to hold the cap before - so mine with the screws must be Lucas. Are they completely interchangeable? There seem to be many types available on the usual websites but as soon as I try to specify the exact one I can't find one like that. Does anyone know if they are all more or less the same and it doesn't matter which one you use, so long as it has the same fitting? Does a recon one come with an oil seal? Presumably a new one does? I have till the end of next month to get this car going, I don't want to go to Stoneleigh in my tin top Suzuki! Thanks again, Mike On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 11:02:56 AM UTC, QM editor wrote: My 2+2 has a 1.6 CVH engine from an XR2. Intermittently it will stop and usually start again running normally. A bit annoying! I've been told by a Ford trained mechanic that the distributor in the Fiesta was unreliable and there were many failures even in cars less than three years old. Does anyone know of this? From one website I discovered that the correct distributor is a Bosch type 0 237 521 019 but I can't find one of those. The Haines manual says Bosch or Lucas but gives no part number.. Nearest I found was type 0 237 601 001, Ford part number 84SF 12100 FA. Has anyone had a distributor problem with this engine, and what type did they use to replace it? It might be that the two types I've mentioned are effectively identical or there might be sufficient difference that while the one I can find will physically fit it won't work properly or even at all! Advice please so I can get going again! Many thanks, Mike -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. 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