Thread: Anyone recognise this 1984 RR ignition system?

Hello folks,

My 1984 RR cut out suddenly in town the other day. It would restart only intermittently, had low power when it would start, and cut out again frequently. I undid the fuel line where it entered the carbies and there seemed to be fuel getting to the carbies. The spark looked good when the RACV man tested it. He noticed the low voltage pulses were intermittent.

I had it tilt trayed the few km home courtesy of RACV Total Care and wouldn't you know it, it drove on and off the tilt tray!

Anyway, it has an ingition sensor system I don't recognise. There is a red sensor inside the dizzy and a black ring over the dizzy shaft lobes. I can see no writing on the sensor or ring. I can see no ignition module either inside or outside the dizzy. The coil looks standard. The two wires on the sensor end up as the two blue wires, one on each side of the coil. See photos.

Does anyone recognise this system? I am assuming the go is to replace sensor and ring but I don't know what they are. Any suggestions on what they are or what to do next?

(Incidently there is no vacuum in the line from carbies to vacuum advance unit but that's another story.)

Thanks,
Roger

Hi Roger,

my '85 has been converted to a bosch setup by Trav if you want to have a look at it next time your in Ballarat (to see how it was wired in)..... I imagine it won't be sold by then, especially given I've noticed I did a typo in the phone number field when I listed it on gumtree I wonder what poor bugger has been getting all the weird phone calls about some old range rover for sale

You driven it .... The little 3.5 has amazing power and torque with that setup.

seeya,
Shane L.