Landlover99
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This is what happens when your dizzy shaft's o ring is seated in a groove too shallow. Or it's a poor quality cap. Who knows?
Fitting New Distributor Did Not Go Well
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Guessing poor quality
Loafer61
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Oh dear! I bought a couple of new ones and they were a dark blue (replacing an old black one). Seem fine so far…
Landlover99
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It was tempting to try gluing it back together.
Landlover99
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The supplier (in the UK - won't mention the name) said: "It's not often we see this." 
Anaconda
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I don't understand the reluctance to mention suppliers names, if we did it more often they might (doubt it) stop selling poor quality parts.The supplier (in the UK - won't mention the name) said: "It's not often we see this."
SimonBBC was always good for ignition parts when we had the 2a.
Loafer61
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Mine came from SimonBBC actually. Been excellent so far.
Landlover99
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Phill, there's no reason a properly designed dizzy shouldn't be seated without drama by applying the necessary force to the cap itself. Caps should be manufactured robustly enough to tolerate the amount of force required to seat a dizzy quite easily. No way should this have happened.
