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From: Classic Car Man on 11 Jun 2007 12:13
After 30+ years of driving and never had a rotor arm fail, I've had 3 fail
in the last 18 months, the last one on Saturday (when it was hot) having
only managed about 200 miles. It's in an old 1960 British car with a Lucas
DM6 distributor (as used by Jag, Land Rover, Austin etc) with standard
points, condenser and coil. I've now changed the distributor to a Lucas
25D6 and fitted a new coil so hopefully it will solve the problem once and
for all.

As there is almost nothing to go wrong with them, apart from arcing and
shorting, what could cause them to arc or short out? Or are they now just
Asian rubbish - as opposed to British Lucas rubbish :-)




From: Skippy on 12 Jun 2007 13:49
The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics
If Lucas made guns, wars would not start


From: Ken Forrest on 12 Jun 2007 18:18
I don't think we can blame Lucas for this one, as they don't exist any
more!. My son's Spitfire rotor arm failed (it looked OK) and we replaced the
Electronic Ignition Module, coil and dizzie cap first before we discovered
it was the rotor arm. I don't know who makes them nowadays, but Bill will
know!

Nowadays I replace these frequently if I get a misfire!

Read all the latest Lucas Jokes after a quick Google on

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1255562

ken



From: Rob on 12 Jun 2007 19:39
Ken Forrest wrote:

> I don't think we can blame Lucas for this one, as they don't exist any
> more!. My son's Spitfire rotor arm failed (it looked OK) and we replaced the
> Electronic Ignition Module, coil and dizzie cap first before we discovered
> it was the rotor arm. I don't know who makes them nowadays, but Bill will
> know!
>
> Nowadays I replace these frequently if I get a misfire!
>



How does a rotor fail when its only an arm across some plastic.
From: Dean Dark on 12 Jun 2007 19:51
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:39:27 +1000, Rob <mesa(a)mine.com> wrote:

>Ken Forrest wrote:
>
>> I don't think we can blame Lucas for this one, as they don't exist any
>> more!. My son's Spitfire rotor arm failed (it looked OK) and we replaced the
>> Electronic Ignition Module, coil and dizzie cap first before we discovered
>> it was the rotor arm. I don't know who makes them nowadays, but Bill will
>> know!
>>
>> Nowadays I replace these frequently if I get a misfire!
>
>How does a rotor fail when its only an arm across some plastic.

You didn't live through the age of electromechanical ignition systems,
did you?
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