Distributor cap

[daveh]

i have just had a unusual thing happen when fitting
new ht cables, i could not use the Lucas disi cap fitted
it's been rough treated and three of the terminal screws
have been butchered and cant be backed off, so i decided
to use what looks  like a new re-pro cap with no name on it
that was in the boot in a plastic bag i backed the screws off
pushed the cable in the cap and as i tightened the screw to make
the connection with the cable it forced the terminal out of it's socket in the cap.
i don't know if this is a common problem or just a sub standard re pro distributor cap.
now i need to order a new distributor cap.

[Phil Nottingham]

Not heard of it on genuine OEM but with repro nothing surprises me

[daveh]

i have been checking and i found a new old stock genuine Lucas distributor cap
so i have ordered it from someone called classic rovers in Derbyshire, plus this is
the first cap that used this screw side fitting connection iv'e seen so it took me
by surprise when it happened, god knows where this copy was made.