I recently found out that, my little ford ka has a distributor, so I had to do a video on them! Let me know what you think down below. :) Links to Socials - Instagram - / luke_tnt1 Twitter - / luke_tnt1 TikTok - / luke_tnt
Most have no idea when a mechanic says "too much blinker fluid" that is water in the distribution cap. They are designed to use air as a fluid not H²O. I always remember this young guy that mowed 100's of lawns to buy a jeep, he thought he ruined the motor when he drove thru a mud hole. I opened his distributor and dried it out and asked if that changed the tune of his muffler bearings rattling around. My father showed me how to set the points with a matchbook cover, the striker strip is good for sanding fouled points.
Thanks Luke, i had genuinely been wondering about that, having owned both, I'm with you on the ease of self repair with the distributor (one rainy night on a mountainside in mid Wales.. with some electrical tape, wd40, Bobby pin and a pair of pliers... It got me home!) vs. the computer dependent pull out and throw away coil pack. I've never noticed a great improvement in performance in normal driving. Thanks for the vids, really enjoy your content, much obliged! 👍🖖
That is a fantastic story! Much better than waiting hours for someone to come give you a tug back to the road, I have been there and done that LOL! But I agree, functionality and fixability over ease of use and replaceability is the way to go. Thank you mate! :)
Thanks for the video. I do tend to like the idea of the Electronic Control Module because you can control timing of the spark very easily. Whereas, that isn't particularly easy to do with a distributor based system. What I mean by control the timing, is that you can advance or retard the spark to adjust for the RPM of the motor. I don't know why your friend couldn't simply replace the coil pack, it might be some sort of oddity with that ECM, but ususally coil packs are "dumb" connected, and the ECM has no real knowledge of them.
