Subject: Murphy Elite Motor Mount
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 10/10/2005, 11:44 AM
To: AA-me



Geir/Paul,
I just noticed a few other things in that side photo that should be
examined.

1. There appear to be two low voltage lines passing just beneath the
group of 4 high voltage spark plug wires.  These low voltage line should
be re-routed to prevent interference issues.

2. The spark plug wires seem to spend a lot of time near the alternator
(probably because of the firewall location of the ignition module).
Losing an alternator belt is unfortunate, but having it take out one (or
more) spark plug wires could be really inconvenient.  See if the
ignition module can be relocated on the firewall so that the spark plug
wires don't pass so close to the alternator pulley.  Maybe the coils can
be mounted directly on the motor mount rail (clamps only: no drilling)
and then route the low voltage lines along the main rail to the
firewall.  The other alternative is a good belt cover, but even those
can fail when the belt lets go.  I think the braided oil lines in the
same vicinity are safe, though (although why on earth did the builder
mount the filter so high on the firewall??)

Russell Kent


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