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« Reply #2370 on: October 14, 2010, 11:50:46 PM » |
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andy,,, looking at what you say is the old ,,ballest ,, resister ,,i dont think it is a ballast resister i think its an amplifier for electronic ignition and i think you may have an electronic dizzy,, i may be wrong but i,ve run many an old range rover //sd1 and landy,s with v8 conversions i allso used a simaler system on the v8 hotstox i used to race  |
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« Reply #2371 on: October 15, 2010, 05:10:39 AM » |
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« Reply #2372 on: October 15, 2010, 04:48:45 PM » |
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hi andy, does this help?  |
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« Reply #2373 on: October 15, 2010, 04:50:56 PM » |
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or this  Manky's Pop. |
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« Reply #2374 on: October 15, 2010, 05:18:00 PM » |
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as i was trying to explain the dizzy andy has is a late sd1 it would of had a 6v coil with a ballast resistor to keep the voltage down and prevent spiking from the charging system i,e lights heater etc being turned on/off andy,s dizzy actually needs a 12v power feed to operate so wiring in a resistor is pointless. just swap the coil  sorry i missed you yet again andy. ships in the night (my trucks on a tracker and a tacho)  will catch up soon |
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« Reply #2375 on: October 15, 2010, 09:58:51 PM » |
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Aye, sorry about that Mr T, (Toad made a quick detour on his delivery route today to visit the workshop, but I was stuck in traffic, so just missed him).
Mr Poprodder has very kindly sent me a spare ballast resistor, but looks like I won't be needing it, (I'll keep it on the shelf anyway, for future use).
Popped the cap on my distributor today & found it's electronic ignition, (no idea what make).
So, the same question again -how do I bypass the ballast resistor that's currently fitted? Check the earlier photos- there's 4 wires, hooked up to 3 spade terminals on the resistor. What needs to go where? I can build a vehicle around an engine, but I'll happily admit this kinda stuff baffles me.
While I'm talking distributors, I need to fit radio suppressed HT leads & plug caps for the SVA test. Are modern leads marked to prove they're suppressed? Can I buy suppressed lead by the metre with seperate caps, so I can cut them to length to route them tidily around the engine, or are they all sold as kits with caps already sealed on?
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« Reply #2376 on: October 15, 2010, 10:02:31 PM » |
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Take one ugly, bright orange 1970s Rover oil filler cap, (not my one in the piccie)...
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« Reply #2377 on: October 15, 2010, 10:11:59 PM » |
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Peel off the plastic skin, then attack it with several drills & a scrap of wet 'n' dry emery paper -and you get this. Loony's obsessed with drilling hotrod style holes in everything, (part of the whole drag racing inspired race lightening thing, though we're doing it purely for looks). I wouldn't want it everywhere, but like it on odd little detail parts here & there. Reminds me of 1950s sci fi movies for some reason. |
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« Reply #2378 on: October 15, 2010, 10:26:58 PM » |
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Anyone here got the capability to remove the Rover badges from the rocker covers?
I'd like just plain finned aluminium. Is it possible to ali weld the letters up, then mill grooves across them? Or maybe mill a recess where the letters are & create a grooved plaque to drop into it? I know you can buy adaptors to fit Chevy or Ford rocker covers to the Rover engine, but that'd cost several hundred quid -& I'd rather adapt & recycle what I've got.
Of course, a CNC machined Monkey logo would be cool!
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« Reply #2379 on: October 16, 2010, 06:30:33 AM » |
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to wire the dizzy the black/red to the positive side of the coil with a switched power feed the black/white to the negative side its that simple |
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« Reply #2380 on: October 16, 2010, 08:06:29 AM » |
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So where do all the other wires on the resistor go? Do I just disconnect them?
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« Reply #2381 on: October 16, 2010, 08:28:53 AM » |
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Andy i think it might be best to start again.
what have you got
12v coil
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ballast resister
if you using 12v coil you dont need the resister
if your using 6v coil you need the resister
then wire to what your using
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« Reply #2382 on: October 16, 2010, 08:34:29 AM » |
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So where do all the other wires on the resistor go? Do I just disconnect them?
just use the 2 wires from the dizzy mate or i can hopefully swing by 1 day next week and sort it |
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« Reply #2383 on: October 16, 2010, 09:29:50 AM » |
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I'll change the coil for a new one anyway before it hits the road, so will buy a standard 12 volt jobbie. Mr T, yeah, call in when you're next passing & sort it please! I'm there most afternoons, but just dive in & pull wires off/hook 'em up, wherever they need to go.  |
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« Reply #2384 on: October 16, 2010, 09:39:36 AM » |
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