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Drew Altemara (Drewa)
Junior Member
Username: Drewa
Post Number: 137
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 8:48 am: | |
Thanks guys for the information. I guess pulling the cap once a year is not that much to ask for the enjoyment of the car.
Thanks Again,
Drew |
JRV (Jrvall)
Intermediate Member
Username: Jrvall
Post Number: 1436
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 9:54 pm: | |
>>There is no gasket between the distributor and cap.<<
No gaskit on Boxers or Daytonas.
The Boxer Distribs suffer from several maladies because they lay down. Moisture being one of the gremlims. The caps should be removed and all the contacts cleaned well once a year as the real problem on cars that sit is the corrosion that forms on the tips from the moisture and arcing and the tracks this combo leaves behind.. I've seen quite a few with enough green stuff inside to grow things ;-). The vent hole idea noted also tends to help, that and a good cleaning is probably the best medicine. |
Verell Boaen (Verell)
Member
Username: Verell
Post Number: 725
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 8:11 pm: | |
Drew,
The 3x8s have a cork gasket between the distributor cap & mounting plate. Also they come pre-drilled with drain holes. |
David Feinberg (Fastradio2)
Junior Member
Username: Fastradio2
Post Number: 212
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 7:32 pm: | |
Hi Drew,
Although I suspect I drive my 365 BB far less than you do, I too (have) run into the moisture in the distributor problem. I have for many years now...drilled a very small hole on the downward facing part of the cap...to bleed off any accumulation of moisture. Even if the car sits for months on end (typical), she'll usually fire up on the second or third try.
Regards,
David |
Drew Altemara (Drewa)
Junior Member
Username: Drewa
Post Number: 135
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 8:27 am: | |
This has happened two years in a row now and I would like to know if anyone else has this issue. My car is a carbed Boxer but i think it would effect other distributors operating with points.
I had been out of town and had not started the car in two weeks. The weather went from 70's/80's to 90 and very very humid; think muggy New Orleans/Houston weather. Well the car would not start. Exact same issue happened last year. I loosened the distributor cap enough so that I could blow a steady stream of compressed air in and blow out the moisture. (Last year I removed the cap completely but getting the wires back in was a real pain.) Anyhow, started right up.
I've owned a Daytona when I lived in Houston and a short nose 275GTB while here in Alabama but never had this problem.
There is no gasket between the distributor and cap. Should there be? I can't remember one on the Daytona or 308's I use to own. Any other carbed Boxer, or anyone else for that matter, have this issue?
I seem to remember a therad where this was discussed by some 308 owners but couldn't find it in the archives and never remember it coming to a conclusion.
JVR, maybe you could comment. Working in Houston, have you ever come across this problem with carburated Boxers?
Thanks for the help.
Regards,
Drew Altemara |