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  1. 27th January 2009, 05:38 PM #1
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    Water tight dizzy?

    hey guys....

    I have always had a few problems with my 110 3.5 V8 when ever it goes through a bit of water... it coughs and splutters and sometimes even stall out all together.

    Its not that the water gets high enough to submerge the dizzy but even a splash will let the steam off the engine get in and cause some problems... a quick blow out and she starts straight away...

    Ive got my distrubutor off at the moment giving it a good clean and was wondering whether its safe to block off the 2 breather holes at the bottom of the housing and silicone up the cap to make it a bit more water tight.???

    I know it CAN be done but not sure whether it SHOULD be done.. am I likely to cause any other problems if I do it???

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  2. 27th January 2009, 05:59 PM #2
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    Hi Mikey

    I had this problem many years ago & nearly lost my vehicle in the sea, turned out to be a cracked cap, couldnt see it with the eye.
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  3. 27th January 2009, 06:07 PM #3
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    A spray of Defogger inside the cap
    New spark leads // Good quality set
    Spray grease (Lanolin) over all electrics ... Cap / Leads /

    One story I heard was a hand full of Vasoline over the dizzy & cap prior to water crossing

    Hope it helps

    Mike

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  4. 27th January 2009, 06:07 PM #4
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    go buy a cheapy 12v air pump like the one that you use to blow up a mattress. put it inside the cab, link all your breathers together in a small jiffy box add additional lines to the dizzy, starter + bell housing. slowly downsize the output hole on the pump till with the engine running its only putting out about 1psi and plumb that into the jiffy box.

    waterproofing done.
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  5. 27th January 2009, 06:08 PM #5
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    As long as everything is in good nick, giving the dizzy, plugs and leads a coating of silicone spray or teflon spray should be sufficient (up to the point of complete immersion).

    Or convert to electronic (plugpack) ignition, and mount the important bits inside the cabin.
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  6. 27th January 2009, 06:22 PM #6
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    I'm not sure what year your County is but my '85 had this problem big time.
    The main issue may not be the steam but is your coil in line with the fan blade? I ended up putting a drink bottle inverted over it and sealed up with heaps of sealastic. I then fashioned a removeable splash guard for the Dizzy. It fixed 90% of the problems.
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  7. 27th January 2009, 06:24 PM #7
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    Takes me back to my Mini days - used a heavy duty rubber glove ()...over the dissy with the tips of 4 of the fingers cut for the spark plug leads.......... Now...to find an 8 fingered glove.
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  8. 27th January 2009, 06:26 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by djames View Post
    Now...to find an 8 fingered glove.
    Nup, nine fingered... unless you aren't counting the thumb .
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  9. 27th January 2009, 06:32 PM #9
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    oops...yep your right....
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  10. 27th January 2009, 09:39 PM #10
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    of course, you could allways try to hunt down the stainless waterproof sleeve/dizzy cap setup that was availible in the UK for the army V8's......

    dont plug the breathers, the dizzy, by nature of operation, creates ionised air, and if you block the breathers, you'll have the devils own time trying to figure out what your new ignition problems are
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