Bad Mechanic - Land Rovers Only

CurvyRover · 01-15-2006, 03:08 PM

I went out to check out my rover this morning since it didn't come back fixed from the mechanic - he said it started and ran just fine, but it doesn't. I found 1 wire completely disconnected from the cap and sitting 1/2 way underneath the cap. I had to take the cap off to get it unstuck and in the process another wire came off and I can't get it to connect on the cap now so it's just sitting there. I also found two little wires disconnected from each other and have no idea which goes to which.

I took photo's that y'all can see at http://curvyrover.blogspot.com/

Can anyone tell me from the photo with the disconnected wires which one hooks to which?

Thanks to y'all I now know what's wrong with it and am in the process of hunting up and purchasing the parts that I need. I also called another mechanic here in my town who has worked on a couple of classic RR's and he said that he can do the work for me.

I'm still so shocked from the outcome with this past mechanic that I haven't yet reached angry. Has anyone else ever had this sort of thing happen to them? I wasn't pushy or bitchy, I didn't even get angry with him when he said he would call me back a few times and didn't. Should I have been a bitch then?

Funrover · 01-15-2006, 07:22 PM

That is crap that he didn't even put it back together to the same condition it was....When I was a mechanic working on motorhomes I would have got in big trouble for that!!

lonestarrover · 01-16-2006, 06:27 AM

Wires on your bottom picture don't connect to anything, thats the way they are on my RR. The loose wire on the dizzy should be connected, you should be able to snap it in.

CurvyRover · 01-17-2006, 08:54 AM

I put the loose wire back on, but the other wire is just sitting there - UGH!!!

When I replace the distributor, should I also replace the cap and rotor (again)?

And can someone tell me which mallory distributor - the 18 degree or the 24 degree? What is the difference between the two?

DISCO INCUBUS · 01-17-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CurvyRover

I put the loose wire back on, but the other wire is just sitting there - UGH!!!

When I replace the distributor, should I also replace the cap and rotor (again)?

And can someone tell me which mallory distributor - the 18 degree or the 24 degree? What is the difference between the two?

I asked the same question in another thread and got no response, must be top secret info ?

01-15-2006, 03:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
CurvyRover Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lampasas, Texas Posts: 49 Gallery: 0	Bad Mechanic I went out to check out my rover this morning since it didn't come back fixed from the mechanic - he said it started and ran just fine, but it doesn't. I found 1 wire completely disconnected from the cap and sitting 1/2 way underneath the cap. I had to take the cap off to get it unstuck and in the process another wire came off and I can't get it to connect on the cap now so it's just sitting there. I also found two little wires disconnected from each other and have no idea which goes to which. I took photo's that y'all can see at http://curvyrover.blogspot.com/ Can anyone tell me from the photo with the disconnected wires which one hooks to which? Thanks to y'all I now know what's wrong with it and am in the process of hunting up and purchasing the parts that I need. I also called another mechanic here in my town who has worked on a couple of classic RR's and he said that he can do the work for me. I'm still so shocked from the outcome with this past mechanic that I haven't yet reached angry. Has anyone else ever had this sort of thing happen to them? I wasn't pushy or bitchy, I didn't even get angry with him when he said he would call me back a few times and didn't. Should I have been a bitch then? __________________ Stuck-N-Texas

01-17-2006, 08:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
CurvyRover Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lampasas, Texas Posts: 49 Gallery: 0	I put the loose wire back on, but the other wire is just sitting there - UGH!!! When I replace the distributor, should I also replace the cap and rotor (again)? And can someone tell me which mallory distributor - the 18 degree or the 24 degree? What is the difference between the two? __________________ Stuck-N-Texas

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01-16-2006, 06:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
lonestarrover Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 57 Gallery: 0	Wires on your bottom picture don't connect to anything, thats the way they are on my RR. The loose wire on the dizzy should be connected, you should be able to snap it in.

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