[TAQuest]

Originally Posted by johnta1

In your thread on HEI problem, did you run the distributor?

HEI Problem

Your new rotor:




Your last pic of the rotor that was running:




What's the odds that they both have the rotor tip pointing like that?




Also with a timing light it would have been abundantly clear there was a problem?


I'd look at the cap also, it's probably cracked (or worse)

Never ran the piece from eBay.
My wife has been paying attention to the details and I asked her the same thing. What are the odds of having a rotor pointing up twice like that?
Life is strange.
Definitely replaced the cap too.

["QUICK-SILVER"]

Was it a black plastic piece like this?



Exactly when did all this happen?
Breakin or after you did all the work and went to fire it up again?
And is it running now?

Too much suspense
Clay

[TAQuest]

Originally Posted by "QUICK-SILVER"

Was it a black plastic piece like this?



Exactly when did all this happen?
Breakin or after you did all the work and went to fire it up again?
And is it running now?

Too much suspense
Clay

That's the piece. It ended up in about 20 pieces.
It was fine until I shut it down after the cam break in. It must have caught on the rotor on the very first start up after that. Started making funny noises and backfiring out the carb. Kind of like a bad lifter. Had to take a look at the lifters. They are fine. I was finishing putting it back together this morning. First chance I had. Took the cap off to put the distributor back on and found it. Haven't started it yet.

["QUICK-SILVER"]

Originally Posted by TAQuest

Never ran the piece from eBay.
My wife has been paying attention to the details and I asked her the same thing. What are the odds of having a rotor pointing up twice like that?
Life is strange.
Definitely replaced the cap too.

That last button you posted got bent up when parts were flying around inside the cap. You can see plastic broke off beside the tip where it was hitting one of the plugwire terminals. Seen this happen when caps weren't seated properly.

Parts flying loose from that may be what did the other damage with that cover.

Clay