Thread: zOMG What have I done to her? :( Please help!

Originally Posted by Knightmayre

I had a mechanic friend look at it and he reckons the dizzy is buggered.

Fix it, it's a mechanical device. The most common problem is when someone yanks off the rotor button and dislodges the advance springs. Procedure detailed here:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...ir-method.html

Originally Posted by bee utey

Fix it, it's a mechanical device. The most common problem is when someone yanks off the rotor button and dislodges the advance springs. Procedure detailed here:

Lucas V8 dissy nylon clip repair method.

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I would if I knew how to, even with the instructions.


The thing is she was running fine, just died after I gave the throttle a bit of a goose to 4000rpm then let go, I wasn't hammering it or holding it at a high rpm or anything.


Now one thing I noticed yesterday- when I sucked on the vac line that goes to the mechanical advance/retard nothing happened- I thought that the metal rod inside the dizzy was supposed to move?


Cheers
Dave

If you can use a Drill, and a spanner, then you can rebuild the dizzy yourself.

It's not expensive. It IS straightforward and simple.

If you really don't think you can rebuild it yourself, but are in Melbourne eastern suburbs take the dissy to Scorcher in Norcal Rd Nunawading. They do good work. (I run one of their upgraded distributors on my D1) I have a 3.5 motor in the shed which I think has a distributor on it - not sure which type. You are welcome to borrow it if it is the right one.