thanks for the valve timings, im familar with btdc, but whats ABCD, BBDC,ATDC at top dead centre? best before dead centre

thanks for the advice, ive tried "swinging the timing" is that legal?? any way all that happens is that the popping or back firing disappers or comes back, front cover off is the next step, im convinced that could be an issue, as the engine at tdc, timed correctly shouldnt be "firing in the...

googled it and came up with a fella on piston heads that had the wiring diagram, it is just two wires, middle is redundant thanks for the thoughts anyway

cheers bob, if all else fails i will purchase a link lead, but the replacemnt amp, comes with the connector and boot, and pins, just no explanation as to where they go, and like i say the vendor who is also strangely at matlock but not paddocks cant help me. i think craddocks do em as well, and...

im struggling to get my rebuilt sd1 engine to start, ive gone through the test manual for the flapper efi and that all checks out, ive replaced the coil,nice new magnecor leads, new plugs(3 times), timing to tdc etc etc, and have checked and triple checked the tdc timing, but it wont get close...

hi, im replacing the dizzy mounted ignition amp on the 35dlm8 distributor in my 3.5 rv8, the old amp is a 2 pin unit, whereas the new replacemnt is three pin, sadly the vendor cant tell me where the positve and negative wires from the coil go to on the amp, and i dont fancy frying it finding...

cheers blue....

hi, ive got a p38 with a flat battery,which seems to have followed the interior light coming on at random intervals im going to disconnect the alarm receiver which plug is it,the one with three wire or just one single one seen a few posts on the subject but couldnt qualify which one it was...

a dark cloud has decended over me, ive rebuilt a v8,for an mgbgt and have for the past few weeks struggled to start it due to a number of reasons, finishing with a faulty amplifier on the dizzy.the non starting is yet to be resolved during the "non starting period" its back/mis fired quite...

if they arent tired and poorly im all ears, send me a pm if you want cheers

its a bosch coil, but the cap looks cheap(and was) and the leads are very original, ie old ones that came with the motor. it helps that i didnt take the stuupid pill this morning, and rest timing 6 deg BEFORE top dead centre, not after, spark is very weak, when turning over, with an occisional...

wizard, thanks pete, really or should that be relay, helpfull cheers mate:):)

thanks for that, will rework the manual procedure, and fit four new plugs, as a double check if i disconnect all plug leads,then plug no1 lead to a spare plug earthed to the block switch ignition on, and crank engine by hand, with no1 plug removed (front right when looking at engine from front...

is there an idiot proof way of setting tdc, ive been trying to get the engine going in my mgb v8 for a few weeks now, (as if owning a p38 wasnt enough of a challenge) its an sd1 endine with a range rover v8 flapper efi system fitted, ive gone through the efi testing manual written by ramone...

brilliant thanks for that,the phot helped immensley do you know which terminal it goes to pos or neg

having established its the overun relay, just need to find out where the sinlge seperate wire from it goes, pretty sure its the coil neg but if someone with a rrc could confirm this for me that would be great,as i cant trace it throught the haynes wiring diagrams ps anyone got a 6.8 ballast...

its the " overrun fuel shut of relay" according to the haynes manual, just some help now with the blue/white or was it white/blue that comes of it and where does it plug to would be great, its an 1987 thanks again:cool:

seasons greetings to alll. im fiddling with an efi flapper and on the system i have there is a metal cased relay this comes in the engine bay loom, (it spurs off the section by the afm) it has a multi plug,which plugs into it and a single white/blue wire,with an insulated male spade connector...

re Pulled a few cars out of ditches & up hills over the last couple of weeks. With exception of 1 smart car the rest were VW's. Not sure if this was coincidence or if VW just make a rather slippery car. the audi vw later traction control as on my company a4 is pathetic,even when switched off...

charming, i was only asking a question.... seriously though do you mean at cannock