Hi all,
Back in the late '70s I put a Marelli S118 in either my '70 or '72 850 Spider. I understand that they were used in the 843cc engine, but I liked the accessibility and simplicity of the design. It seemed to work fine.
I now have a different '72, and I found an S118, and had it very nicely rebuilt. I dropped it in and it started up fine. Within a mile and a half the shaft had seized in the body. (Amazingly, the drive gear pin sheared and the cam screwed it right down the shaft and out of mesh - nothing broke!)
Has anybody experienced something like this? Is there something about lubricating the distributor shaft that I needed to do? I'm actually a little mystified about how it does get oil when running.
Any thoughts appreciated - thanks!
Kelly
Back in the late '70s I put a Marelli S118 in either my '70 or '72 850 Spider. I understand that they were used in the 843cc engine, but I liked the accessibility and simplicity of the design. It seemed to work fine.
I now have a different '72, and I found an S118, and had it very nicely rebuilt. I dropped it in and it started up fine. Within a mile and a half the shaft had seized in the body. (Amazingly, the drive gear pin sheared and the cam screwed it right down the shaft and out of mesh - nothing broke!)
Has anybody experienced something like this? Is there something about lubricating the distributor shaft that I needed to do? I'm actually a little mystified about how it does get oil when running.
Any thoughts appreciated - thanks!
Kelly