2.25 petrol runs fine till it gets warm

Hi Dan,

Well we have a parts supplier here in town about to get a coil inserted........ ;)

Hmm, I have a non "R" coil here. I'll give it a go.

Thanks

Phil

Well well well.... I finally had to give in and get a mechanic involved.. It is a mate of mine.. does that count.. hehe

The heat up / cut out problem is with the points. After much fiddling and setting the old girl runs like a beauty. Idles like a Rolls and just when I was getting excited..

BANG.. B B BANG..

Anyway long story short it was the points.. as they heated up their internal? resistance made it impossible for the coil to work and the bang bang was when it finally did with all that unburnt air fuel mix in the chambers.. The other thing that was very dodgy was the amount of "play" in the distributor shaft. The timing mark was all over the shop moving up to 10 degrees from TDC in both directions.

I am now searching for a replacement dizzy.. probably out of Britian because it is only $90.00 landed versus $150.00 locally.. I hope to keep everyone posted on the results shortly..

Phil

Mate have a look at ebay uk there was a bloke on there selling a dizzy on there for next to nothing

I have inlaws there in the uk so if the post is sky high let me know and I will ask a favour of them

Also look at paddocks, craddocks or lr series to see if a new one is worth it

Adam

I bought 4 new distributors from Paddocks for 15 pound each ( around about the $40 mark) .....or was it Craddocks one of them anyway.....great dizzy, then I bought the electronic unit that fits into them from Gary CLR4wd...I have his phone # if you interested

Hi RobHay,

Searched e-Bay and found Gary's website and low and behold he is only 20 minutes away from my place so I whipped around and grabbed some stuff off him. Nice bloke and very helpful.. reckons he can get anything I need and his pricing seems fair.

Changed out the old dizzy and the bloody thing runs like a dream (well almost) and the backfiring has stopped. The idling is a bit rough still but I can get that a bit better with a carby overhaul.

Thanks to all who have offered suggestions and help.. It is very much appreciated.

Now for the rego....

Phil