Lucas dizzy parts

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AJG

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• Jul 21, 2005

• #1

Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
after 30 years!

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Richard

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• Jul 21, 2005

• #2

oh er !


"AJG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
> Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
> LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
> after 30 years!
>
> --
> AndyG

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Jul 21, 2005

• #3

so AJG was, like...
> ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
> after 30 years!

30? Mate, you have no idea.

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Stephen Hull

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• Jul 21, 2005

• #4

In message <[email protected]>
AJG <[email protected]> wrote:

>Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
>Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
>LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
>after 30 years!
>
Have you tried http://www.magneto.co.uk/

or http://www.holden.co.uk/hvc-home.htm

Steve.



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beamendsltd

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• Jul 22, 2005

• #5

In message <[email protected]>
AJG <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
> Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
> LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
> after 30 years!
>

Hich distributor? Do you have a part number - we can get most things.

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R L Driver

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #6

"Stephen Hull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>
> AJG <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
> >Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
> >LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
> >after 30 years!
> >
>
The stronger spring is meant to be loose on the posts, the weaker spring
comes in first as the revs increase, then the stronger spring operates after
some advance has happened. Decidedly sloppy might be OK

steve the grease

 

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AJG

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #7

In message <86785d8e4d%[email protected]>, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> writes
>In message <[email protected]>
> AJG <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas dizzies?
>> Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention ignition and
>> LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most things
>> after 30 years!
>>
>
>Hich distributor? Do you have a part number - we can get most things.
>
>Richard
It's a 35D8, date 49 74 ... so it is 31 years old!
It's ref number is 41382 E

The exact spring match will be a bit vague as it's currently on a 3.5
high compression vitesse block with larger valve heads and an old timing
cover! However up until a few weeks ago it was running pretty well but
now I'm sure it isn't getting enough advance and I think at least the
heavy spring has given up as one turn is definitely mis-shapen, the
lighter one looks ok but is still quite sloppy so there will be
immediate advance at idle which I don't want.
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AndyG

 

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Andrew Mawson

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #8

"R L Driver" <steve(dot)[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Stephen Hull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In message <[email protected]>
> > AJG <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >Anybody know of a supplier of bob-weight springs for Lucas
dizzies?
> > >Surprisingly Lucas used to supply ... but now you mention
ignition and
> > >LSUK are struck dumb ... Mine are decidedly sloppy as are most
things
> > >after 30 years!
> > >
> >
> The stronger spring is meant to be loose on the posts, the weaker
spring
> comes in first as the revs increase, then the stronger spring
operates after
> some advance has happened. Decidedly sloppy might be OK
>
> steve the grease
>
>

Excellent discussion on the distributor internals here:

http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucastuning.pdf

Turns out my Austin Healey 3000 dizzy is the same as the 6 pot 6
cylinder Series iiA apart from the cam and springs but haveing had a
6 pot years back I can assure you there's a big difference in
acceleration <GGGG>

AWEM

 

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Dougal

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #9

Andrew Mawson wrote:

> Excellent discussion on the distributor internals here:
>
> http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucastuning.pdf
>
> AWEM

A replacement for the incorrect/broken link to "Lucas Distributor Data":

http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucas.pdf

 

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AJG

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #10

In message <[email protected]>, Dougal
<DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk@?.?.invalid> writes
>Andrew Mawson wrote:
>
>> Excellent discussion on the distributor internals here:
>> http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucastuning.pdf
>> AWEM
>
>A replacement for the incorrect/broken link to "Lucas Distributor Data":
>
>http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucas.pdf
Excellent link (I think) ... now I've just got to interpret all the data

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Andrew Mawson

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• Jul 24, 2005

• #11

"Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Andrew Mawson wrote:
>
> > Excellent discussion on the distributor internals here:
> >
> > http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucastuning.pdf
> >
> > AWEM
>
> A replacement for the incorrect/broken link to "Lucas Distributor
Data":
>
> http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucas.pdf


Odd - link works for me and is actually a discussion on the internals,
but does also link to that page as well. Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/88wln

AWEM

 

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Dougal

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• Jul 24, 2005

• #12

Andrew Mawson wrote:
> "Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Andrew Mawson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Excellent discussion on the distributor internals here:
>>>
>>>http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucastuning.pdf
>>>
>>>AWEM
>>
>>A replacement for the incorrect/broken link to "Lucas Distributor
>
> Data":
>
>>http://www.telusplanet.net/~chichm/tech/lucas.pdf
>
>
>
> Odd - link works for me and is actually a discussion on the internals,
> but does also link to that page as well. Try this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/88wln
>
> AWEM

The troublesome one was the link within the link - down at the bottom of
the page.