The next few posts are not in any necessary order just trying to catch up on jobs that have been completed, so without further ado..
Ignition System
Ran into a few issues with the Nodiz, I'm still a big fan but the latest issue meant the unit had to go back again. Have to stress that this was an early adopter unit I purchased at a bargain price and reviews of the latest ones are very good. Anywhoooo. decided that with time marching on I purchase something a little more tried and tested and period correct to boot so a quick trip down to Powerspark in Bromsgrove and a 15 minute wait whilst they built it for me resulted in this:
Its a brand new fixed advance distributor with magnetic pickup, a high output coil, set of new plug leads and a new Aldon Amethyst ignition box. Have to say I was very happy with it, had to use part of the existing distributor clamp and part of the one that cam with the new distributor and weld the 2 bits together but apart from that it all went together very easily...until I was a tad heavy handed getting the distributor pedestal removed and this happened:
Bugger! looked around and the likes of Canley only have second hand and wanted up to £35!!! WTF!!! Spitbitz found me one for £8...much better.
So why was I trying to remove the pedestal you may ask? well when we had the engine running originally there was a worrying rattle and I thought it sensible to check the distributor drive end float which is set using different thickness gaskets:
A short delay waiting for the new pedestal though resulted in this:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/uVJQo5ZigbM
Very happy as it sounds very fruity. more in a bit.
TTFN
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