"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
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> On or around Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:19:04 -0000, "Nige"
> <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >steve Taylor wrote:
> >> Nige wrote:
> >>> steve Taylor wrote:
> >>>> Nige wrote:
> >>>>> Anyone got one spare? Is it special or will any V8 dizzy do?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Has it got electronic ignition on it ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>
> >>> Lumenition thingy i belive, aftermarket.
> >>>
> >> What´s up with the dizzy anyway ?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
> >It's rattling like a good un, weights etc are buggered.
>
> I'd fit one from a rangie or disco with electronic ignition. ISTR there's
> an issue with the kind with the amp on the dizzy which is, I think, a
> 35DLM8; ideally you want the one from the earlier rangie where the amp is
> separate in that case.
>
> There are advantages in this approach - it's all standard parts and you do
> away with the points, obviously (although the lumenition may not have
points
> either).
>
>
>
If it's just the mechanical parts that's buggered, I've got a few old
dizzies lying about if you know which one it is. Post the number on the
side, I may have the right one, and I've also got some Lumenition bits as
well, you're not far from me (Saddleworth).
Martin