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ID the dizzy cap/arm (pinto)
FASTdan - 10/4/09 at 06:58 AM

Can anyone advise me what dizzy cap/arm I need to be asking for from this pic:




(Ignore the filed out arm, we were just curious as to how we could loose continuity in something that appears to be solid).

I think its a transit, but no idea of year etc?

rusty nuts - 10/4/09 at 07:46 AM

Its a Bosch cap and arm , try Sierra, Transit or Cortina items . Also used on Vw Golfs, Passats etc

Mr Whippy - 10/4/09 at 07:54 AM

try here - linky

they'll need the year and the make of the dizzy, thick thats a bosch one too

why is it all cut up?

[Edited on 10/4/09 by Mr Whippy]

FASTdan - 10/4/09 at 08:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
try here - linky

they'll need the year and the make of the dizzy, thick thats a bosch one too

why is it all cut up?

[Edited on 10/4/09 by Mr Whippy]


because there was no continuity between the middle and the end my dad was curious as to how it could fail so started filing into it! Its a weird construction inside, I expected a solid strip between the two points but its nothing like.

Mr Whippy - 10/4/09 at 08:42 AM

hmm well now its really broken

Never hacked one open tbh

I'm such a skinflint I even, spray lacquer on the caps to reinsulated them and put a bit of card under the rotor to move the spark to an un-eaten away bit of the caps contacts

Nail varnish is good for repairing any burnt bits of plastic on the rotor

[Edited on 10/4/09 by Mr Whippy]

thunderace - 10/4/09 at 08:42 AM

easy take it into halfords and let them match it for you

FASTdan - 10/4/09 at 09:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
easy take it into halfords and let them match it for you


you must have a higher calibre of halfords worker where you live lol.

gottabedone - 13/4/09 at 09:48 AM

It's an early Bosch as fitted to many cars.

Alfa 33/Sud 1700

Mk1 Golf/Scirocco 1600

Early Fords as well.

Steve

Furry - 13/4/09 at 06:45 PM

i think they fit mk1,2 and 3 escorts with the bosch ignition system.
i bought the same parts off the shelf from halford, however can't remember the part numbers.

furry

flak monkey - 13/4/09 at 07:44 PM

There's 2 different shaft sizes in bosh dizzys, a small and large.

The small one (about 10mm i think) seems most common and was fitted on the 2 litre pinto.

The larger one (about 15mm) was on the 1.6 pinto.

The caps are all the same on the bosch dizzy from what I can make out.

FASTdan - 13/4/09 at 08:04 PM

thanks guys, took it into my local motorfactors and let them match it for me. Cap was bosch sierra item as most said. He reckoned black is lucas so a bit of an odd combination that we had, he gave me a bosch equivelent that works however I forgot to ask what the particular rotor arm was to suit.

Anyhow it all works and cured the problem. no more random cutting out