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Mail From: (email redacted) (robert nanzig)

Paul, Sorry to hear of your breakdown. I thought your car felt very
solid as I rode navigator with you in the poker run.
I too had a breakdown but not nearly as severe. I drove 740 miles
during the weekend and with about 13 miles to go my engine quit. Under
ominous skies and an impending storm I was able to determine there was
no spark at the plugs so I tried a spare rotor and the engine roared
back to life.
Once home I cleaned up the failed rotor ( it only has 5000 miles on
it ) but the car will still not run with it. It runs fine with the
spare.
What can possibly go wrong with a rotor?

Rob Nanzig
67SV

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Mail From: "Mary Cornett" <(email redacted)>

Paul I had a MGB rotor new that the rivet holding it in place was loose and
it did not make good contact. It gave me headaches untill I swiched back to
the old rotor. TC
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert nanzig" <(email redacted)>
To: "Paul and Susan Almjeld" <(email redacted)>
Cc: <(email redacted)>; <(email redacted)>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Sunbeam Invasion and rotor question


> Paul, Sorry to hear of your breakdown. I thought your car felt very
> solid as I rode navigator with you in the poker run.
> I too had a breakdown but not nearly as severe. I drove 740 miles
> during the weekend and with about 13 miles to go my engine quit. Under
> ominous skies and an impending storm I was able to determine there was
> no spark at the plugs so I tried a spare rotor and the engine roared
> back to life.
> Once home I cleaned up the failed rotor ( it only has 5000 miles on
> it ) but the car will still not run with it. It runs fine with the
> spare.
> What can possibly go wrong with a rotor?
>
> Rob Nanzig
> 67SV

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Mail From: "Bill Blue" <(email redacted)>

Rotors can crack and ground the spark to the shaft. Believe me. Been there.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: (email redacted)
[mailtoemail redacted)]On Behalf Of robert nanzig
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:20 PM
To: Paul and Susan Almjeld
Cc: (email redacted); (email redacted)
Subject: Re: Sunbeam Invasion and rotor question


Paul, Sorry to hear of your breakdown. I thought your car felt very
solid as I rode navigator with you in the poker run.
I too had a breakdown but not nearly as severe. I drove 740 miles
during the weekend and with about 13 miles to go my engine quit. Under
ominous skies and an impending storm I was able to determine there was
no spark at the plugs so I tried a spare rotor and the engine roared
back to life.
Once home I cleaned up the failed rotor ( it only has 5000 miles on
it ) but the car will still not run with it. It runs fine with the
spare.
What can possibly go wrong with a rotor?

Rob Nanzig
67SV

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Mail From: (email redacted) (robert nanzig)

Rotors can crack and ground the spark to the shaft. Believe me. Been
there. Bill
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I took a magnified look at the rotor and what I think I do see are
traces of arcing underneath the tip of the contact and running down the
front of the rotor ( where it could have been grounding). Hmmmm.

Rob Nanzig
67SV