jonas Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 hello everyone! i own a '81 brat with an EA81 and hitachi dist. 180k and still running strong!! synchros in tranny acting up a bit but not bad, i just double clutch to line back up when being difficult. now heres my problem. i'm getting a small ticking, about 500 rpms worth, constant, with no noticable engine surge showing on my tach and a faint grinding noise comming from dist. when it ticks. any ideas?? MY FIRST POST, YAY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Johnson Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Welcome to the board...what kind of noise is coming from the disty? grinding..tapping? scraping? Hey I live in eugene also.! Or is it cap and rotor? worn out and just arcing bad? [HTi]Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTrain Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 i think someone posted something like this recently.. not sure.. anyways, i think they said it was bad bushing, or loose disty shaft... something like that was causing some grinding/scraping noise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 9, 2005 Author Share Posted April 9, 2005 Welcome to the board...what kind of noise is coming from the disty? grinding..tapping? scraping?Hey I live in eugene also.! Or is it cap and rotor? worn out and just arcing bad? [HTi]Johnson it's more of a scraping noise. replaced cap and rotor. still same. its the bouncing tach. needle thats got me stumped. and i occasionally get a horribly loud scraping noise when i start it. not starter, checked that. it didn't start acting up until the bouncing needle started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 so is it possible to just replace the bushing or am i looking at another disty?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty2053 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Just got mine fixed with the same problem. It is the bushings in the distributor. I got a good used distributor for it and it is fine now. Mine started out making 300 RPM jumps and went to 1000 with in a week. Didn't want to have a bigger problem down the road, so I replaced the distributor. $50 including shipping. New was anywhere from $169-$194. And yes you can most likely replace the bushings, but I choose not to mess with that. Every since I was a little kid(many moons ago) I would take things apart and not get them put back together again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 replacing the darned thing sounds like the best idea yet!! popped the disty cap and found a little more movement in the shaft than i feel comfortable with. now the trick is to find one. *sighs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[HTi]Johnson Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Hey I'll check the junkyards for ya, if you don't have time. [HTi]Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 Hey I'll check the junkyards for ya, if you don't have time.[HTi]Johnson thanks, called around to the local yards, no luck. i'll have to think of something else. may just have to find a junker cheap that has spare parts. but thanks anyway.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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