irvined
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 09:23 AM |
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Ignition
Hello,
More ignition woes... It seems valencia ignition systems are somewhat scarce - i spent last night trying to work out why my cars not running well, and
have settled on the points/dizzy being the problem, the spark is pretty weak and irratic.
I took the points out and had a closer look and they are pitted and worn looking, sadly nobody stocks points for old escorts these days. So
don't suppose anybody between manchester and inverness happens to have a spare ignition system for sale?
Cheers
David
http://irvined.blogspot.com
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mookaloid
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 09:34 AM |
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I use an Aldon 'Ignitor'
http://www.aldonauto.co.uk/
Replaces the points in your dizzy and never wears out
Cheers
Mark
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bilbo
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 09:45 AM |
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Have you tried Burton Power? I think they still supply all the old ford points sets.
https://www.burtonpower.com/
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andyharding
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 10:02 AM |
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Or you could consider Megajolt...
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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Danozeman
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 01:00 PM |
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Throw the points away and replace with electronic. Im sure luminition will do a conversion for it.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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irvined
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| posted on 9/7/06 at 05:13 PM |
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The original plan was to fit a valencia one, couldnt get one of those yesterday, but did manage to pick up an luminux converstion wotsit inside a
dizzy for a 1600 with no vac advance which im now in the process of making work - it starts and idles, it does erm, pop quite a lot though 
D
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stevebubs
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| posted on 10/7/06 at 10:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Throw the points away and replace with electronic. Im sure luminition will do a conversion for it.
Yep - luminition will be great, with a megajolt upgrade later if you want some "real" tunability in it...
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brynhamlet
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 03:27 PM |
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Or you could consider Megajolt...
For the uninitiated what is a megajolt and how does it work. I have a Ford 1600 x-flow with a good old fashioned dizzy with points and coil
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DIY Si
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| posted on 11/7/06 at 03:29 PM |
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Megajolt is a home built programmable box of tricks that runs the ignition. Can be run with and without the dizzy.
I think.
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