Daz
Active Member
Not sure, the Landyt has been cutting out periodically for a few weeks, normally starts after a few minutes. Originally thought it was fuel problem, but this time when it cut out there was plenty of fuel and good pressure. Put a tester on one ofthe plugs and there was no spark when I tried to start it, changed the coil, put a new amplifier on the dizzy and still no spark, so assume the dizzy is knackered?
vougese39
Well-Known Member
it is very rare for the internals to fail have you triereseting the air gap on the magnetic pick up? use a special brass feeler blade for this as a steel one can demagnatise them then you could have the problem you have got there is a set of tests to confirm the fault will mail it to you tonite
classic kev
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A piece of paper folded to double thickness works well.
classic kev
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Beast o Bodmin
Banned
earth leads fooked in my book.
classic kev
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Something for you to check - are all your HT leads properly routed and not touching??
I've had something of a mystery misfire this week and I found that the No1 and No3 leads had come out of the clips and were touching. I also think the king lead was arcing so have made a temporary repair. It seemed fine coming to work after lunch which it wasn't on my way out to lunch if you see what I mean.
I also seem to remember seeing something somwhere that said you will have start/run problems if the ignition leads are not routed and clipped properly but more interestingly, there is a difference in the lead routing between 3.5 and 3.9 V8's.
Don't know if that will be your problem but ya never know.
I've had something of a mystery misfire this week and I found that the No1 and No3 leads had come out of the clips and were touching. I also think the king lead was arcing so have made a temporary repair. It seemed fine coming to work after lunch which it wasn't on my way out to lunch if you see what I mean.
I also seem to remember seeing something somwhere that said you will have start/run problems if the ignition leads are not routed and clipped properly but more interestingly, there is a difference in the lead routing between 3.5 and 3.9 V8's.
Don't know if that will be your problem but ya never know.
Daz
Active Member
Thanks for all the replies, I changed the leads, plugs, dizzy cap and rotor arm. None of it made any difference. So bit the bullet and bought a new Dizzy, problem sorted straight away. Only thing is brakes failed when I took it for a test drive, brake pipes corroded through, god knows why I drive Land Rovers and the missus fails to see the funny side !!!!
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