Distributer chirping?

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kenmataya
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Your car is a: 1972 124 spider

Distributer chirping?

Post by kenmataya »

Hello all,

I have a strange noise chirping noise in my 72 spider - tracked it down to the distributor.... Anybody else experienced this?

Thanks,
Ken
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spidernut
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider Automatic
Location: Lincoln, CA

Re: Distributer chirping?

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I have it happen once to me and it was the distributor cap not seating correctly.
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kenmataya
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Your car is a: 1972 124 spider

Re: Distributer chirping?

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thanks! I'll get into it tomorrow.

ken
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76was124
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Your car is a: 1981 Spider 2000
Location: Detroit Area

Re: Distributer chirping?

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Happened to me once on my 81, a screw came loose on the pickup sensor and it was hitting the rotor cams.
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kenmataya
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Re: Distributer chirping?

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Put on new points and rotor - all good. Thanks for your help.
Ken
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