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[GageHolding]

Okay so my knowledge is basic, but after a few hours yesterday of messing about trying to clean up my points I remembered that I have this in my boot. no signs of points or condensers or anything missing in fact. - It has an "Accuspark" sticker on the side of it.

If i give it a quick clean up in some petrol (can I clean the internals too or should I leave them?) will this be the answer to all my problems with wet weather?

 

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[MrElliott]

fancy see you here

[ado15]

Just be careful of the advance curve. It may not be suitable for your engine. Main thing is to be sure it doesn't over advance at any point.

[GageHolding]

I've got a 1983 city with a 998cc engine and a Stage One kit - does this help?

[ado15]

Unfortunately not. You need to understand what the 'new' dizzy was intended for.

 

Main thing is to ensure it doesn't over advance while driving. If you have any plans for a rolling road session in the future, then would be a good time to try it out.

[dklawson]

While a few of those aftermarket distributors are aimed at specific vehicles... many are not... and are sold as "one size fits all".  It may work perfectly well in your car but you will need to pay attention to whether the car is down on power, has knocking or pinging, or if your fuel economy drops off.

 

In answer to your question about wet weather... no.  Changing to an electronic ignition is not likely to help much.  The electronic ignition is a 12V switching device.  Most wet weather starting/running problems involve the high-tension wires associated with the spark plugs, coil, and the distribtor cap.  There are lots of ways to block water from the distributor and wires that will help with your damp weather running problems. 

[greenwheels]

Are you sure it's not a Lucas dizzy with an Accuspark points replacement gadget. Check to see if there is a number on the side, about 1/16 high,along the lines of 41406 or 41765. A magnifying glass might help.

If it is you are in luck.

[Tamworthbay]

I have asked accuspark about advance curves and they are a 'one size fits all' solution, they do a 25d, 45d and 59d fitment but only one advance curve for each. Sadly I was unable to get information as to which engine the curve was mapped to, or whether it was a generic map that is ok in all (note the term ok as opposed to optimised). I have one in my MGB GT and it works fine and I know a few on here with them fitted and they seem to work fine. I would be very interested to see a before and after dyno run to see what is gained or lost by fitting one.

[KernowCooper]

Thats where the problems start the 998 engines and the 1275 have very different advance curves

[dklawson]

Thats where the problems start the 998 engines and the 1275 have very different advance curves

 

And probably yet another for the 2 liter MGB engine that Tam mentioned...

Edited by dklawson, 31 January 2014 - 08:46 PM.

[Tamworthbay]

Thats where the problems start the 998 engines and the 1275 have very different advance curves

 
And probably yet another for the 2 liter MGB engine that Tam mentioned...

Not wrong! It works but I haven't seen the improvements I would expect from leccy ignition. The only reason it's still on is that adjusting points on an MGB is about the only awkward job. You can't see a thing and its close to the inner wing. I still think it was happier on points in the original dizzy.

[grumpy dad]

Hi 

 

(will this be the answer to all my problems with wet weather?)

not at all

the problem in wet weather 

will be the HT side

so the best thing to do 

would be change the disey cap and plug leads 

make shore the plugs are clean on the out side

and the coil reason for this 

is dirt and oil on the outside of the plug 

will let the HT track down the plug 

 

when i was a boy 

a good trick was to get a 4 B pencil 

and put a line from the top of a plug

and down to the hex 

it would cause a miss fire :)

[GageHolding]

Just finished cleaning it up,

 

its a 41882A
59D4 -> 2085

 

and if memory serves (its too dark to get in the engine now sorry ) the one in my mini is a D45 distributor

[Tamworthbay]

59d was fitted to A+ if I remember rightly. Not sure if they are a straight swap but I think think they are.

[wile e coyote]

41882 is for an A+ 998cc metro with a high compression engine....should be fine!