Landlover99
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Hi all,
The V8 I bought recently was becoming more reluctant to start and this morning I couldn't get it running at all. I pulled off the petrol pipe and spun 'er over and fuel positively gushed out. So I grabbed the HT coil output lead, disconnected it from the centre of the dizzy and coiled it back over itself to leave a gap of about 10mm I guess from ground. Spun 'er over again and the spark's very anaemic looking I have to say; kind of thin and yellow. What's the most likely cause of this? I'm not sure due to the fact that it's got one of those "factory set/leave alone!" dizzys which use some kind of reluctance wheel. I know where I am with cap and points but not this new fangled thing from 1989! Any suggestions?
LL
The V8 I bought recently was becoming more reluctant to start and this morning I couldn't get it running at all. I pulled off the petrol pipe and spun 'er over and fuel positively gushed out. So I grabbed the HT coil output lead, disconnected it from the centre of the dizzy and coiled it back over itself to leave a gap of about 10mm I guess from ground. Spun 'er over again and the spark's very anaemic looking I have to say; kind of thin and yellow. What's the most likely cause of this? I'm not sure due to the fact that it's got one of those "factory set/leave alone!" dizzys which use some kind of reluctance wheel. I know where I am with cap and points but not this new fangled thing from 1989! Any suggestions?
LL