Distributor parts - "top hat" shaft retainer, clip for cap

[rbgosling]

Hi - anyone got an old distributor lying around they can spare me a couple of bits from?

I need the "top hat" shaft retainer, as highlighted in the piccy below (the part shown in red in the zoom-in detail), and also one cap retaining clip. I tried Lotusbits - they are going to have some "top hat" retainers made but no idea when they'll be ready, otherwise they will sell me an entire used distributor, which is a bit much money when all I need is that tiny bit!

[barker_001]

I don't have any spare parts I'm afraid Richard, but those DZB101 kits come up on ebay fairly regularly, they (and the 45DM4 distributor) are used on plenty of other cars too. The kit looks to include both the top hat and cap clips as service parts. The cap clips on my dizzy are missing those small retaining clips, having read about your exploits I may be looking for some too.

[Johnwindwood]

Try this guy:
http://www.distributordoctor.com/

[Lotus-e-Clan]

Try this guy:
http://www.distributordoctor.com/

Exactly.

I've already recommended the Dist Doc for proper parts twice in the main thread so hopefully you will succeed where I have failed. (Or maybe there is a LB loyalty thing I'm missing ...or maybe there is there something I've said/done to warrant being sent to Coventry ...ironic 'cos i was born, raised and lived in Coventry for 23 years? )

[rbgosling]

Try this guy:
http://www.distributordoctor.com/

Exactly.

I've already recommended the Dist Doc for proper parts twice in the main thread so hopefully you will succeed where I have failed. (Or maybe there is a LB loyalty thing I'm missing ...or maybe there is there something I've said/done to warrant being sent to Coventry ...ironic 'cos i was born, raised and lived in Coventry for 23 years? )

I got the message about The Distributor Doctor loud and clear thanks Peter! I emailed him as soon as LB proved less than helpful (no reply yet...), but thought it worth posting here too in case someone had a box of spares they could raid - trying to cover all options simultaneously to increase my chances of a prompt resolution. NB Lotusbits was first port of call for the simple reason that they are 5 miles from home, so I’d get parts today rather than waiting.

[Lotus-e-Clan]

Sorry I have a bit of an inferiority/guilty complex about previous bad behavior that got me banned temporarily on here -but it was all for the good in the end (I think, at least)!

BTW best to phone the Dist Doc if you have time ..it's an educational experience.

[Johnwindwood]

I was just going to say-ring him-I have never had a reply by email.

[Grant H]

I'm in the middle of pulling my old distributor apart! I picked up a new old stock 1.6 Sunbeam one on Fleebay (An impulse due to price) a while back and am planning to swap the weights and springs across. I'm running with a 123 ignition at the moment so it's taking it's time. I can check tonight if I do have two of the clips. Are you willing to wait until after the weekend for the part?

[rbgosling]

I'm in the middle of pulling my old distributor apart! I picked up a new old stock 1.6 Sunbeam one on Fleebay (An impulse due to price) a while back and am planning to swap the weights and springs across. I'm running with a 123 ignition at the moment so it's taking it's time. I can check tonight if I do have two of the clips. Are you willing to wait until after the weekend for the part?

Thanks Grant! I've got a couple of avenues I'm pursuing, no idea yet if they will bear fruit, but if I don't find anything before you get to yours at the weekend then I'll definitely be grateful if you have any parts you can spare.

[pompey ice]

Hi there ,The parts in red are what comes in that kit .
Cheers Ian

[rbgosling]

Nothing on eBay right now for the DBZ101 kit (although I can see it having been listed in the past). Search of the rest of the internet doesn't uncover anyone selling a kit using that code.

[rbgosling]

Thanks to Peter and John for pointing me towards Distributor Doctor - just given him a call and it's all sorted, everything I need will be in the post this afternoon! He tells me he did already reply to my email yesterday, but it must have got lost in the ether, not even appeared in my Spam folder.

Grant - thanks for the offer of help, but having tracked down a new Top Hat collar I think I'll stick with that, I'd always worry that an older one would be at risk of cracking again.

[Grant H]

The fins in the old distributor look to be stuck open and I can't get the larger of the springs off. What is the best way of removing the retainer and then the shaft?

[Grant H]