Keeping the Dizzy Dry

[Careful34]

When ever it rains I can't start the wag. 5 minutes drying out the gut of the distributor with a hair drier fixes it right up, but that's gets to be a pain. I've had luck spraying ScotchGuard on the plug wires, I'm thinking about it inside the dist. too. Anyone have any other ideas?

[Elliott]

I've heard of guys drilling the cap and venting it(either with a hose and one way valve like on your diff, or a hose to a vacuum source?), then sealing the cap to dist with RTV.
There have been posts on here about it. I used to live in WA State and personally never had a problem with my Jeeps in the rain. I always used Accel caps.

[ August 06, 2003, 07:25 AM: Message edited by: Elliott ]

[Stuka]

Is your cap down tight enough? I havent gotten my points distributer wet yet and I have driven through some major rains.

[turtlejoe]

It is possible to have a crack in the cap which can lead to condensation inside. If you have done the TFI upgrade, the new cap (at least mine does) already has a vent on top. Saving that, I always run a bead of dielectric grease around the base of the cap as well as keeping some in both ends of the plug wires. I've used a high pressure washer on the engine and have not had a problem getting started.

[Careful34]

I was looking at it this lunchtime, and it has a vent hole going right out the bottom. Do you guys seal this up?

[88GW]

Had a similar problem. Dielectric grease on all connections of cap and wires as well as around where cap contacts distributor. Try also a rubber cover from a ford 302 Grand Marquis or similar motor. If that doesn't work, screw the haird dryer and use wire dryer, works awesome.

[Careful34]

I keep a can of wire drier in the back, but the other day it didn't work for me. It was real humid, maybe that had something to do with it.