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I never knew that after all these years much appreciated I will restart from scratch again I suppose Thanks

Thanks but if it blew the fuse I am presuming I wouldn't get a live from the ignition plus I have replaced the whole lot including the dizzy ? I don't know of anyone knows on here but if I was to spin the dizzy with a continuity test with one end of the lead in the center point of the dizzy cap...

Hi all wondering if I can get some help here I replaced my dizzy on my 3 series with the acuspark dizzy it ran fine but died when I opened the bonnet I noticed the positive wire from the dizzy had come off so I reconnected it and nothing so I a guessed I blew something in the distributor . I...

Thanks for that one it us a Copied carb but as I said it us new now here's a poser fir you I trued to install a full distributor with electrinic built in thought it would be a straight swap but unfortunately the only way to bet it in was with the rotar cap facing the opposite way I installed it...

I haven't gone back to points I thought this unit was faulty so bought another one which turned out to be wrong the trigger switch on the pictured one has thecmagnet built into the rotar arm the one I bought comes with a separate trigger but if course now you can't put the rotary cap back on so...

All gone I am afraid working on it now just dies again when it's hot replaced coil pump and carb now has blackish smoke which it never had thanks for your advice though

I have written a pervious post I need to find out what distributor this is as I think the electronic change over has broken down Thanks all

Hi all again I have trued to replace my distributor ignition with the electronic as I think the one I have on there is faulty I bought the acuspark system with the trigger ring etc put it all together and absolutely nothing .the acuspark is red in colour and mine is smaller and blue ? I watched...

So they say lol ? I just rang them was told it idles now but once it heats up it dies on acceleration in all fairness the garage only charged me for parts they suggested to replace the electronic ignition system with a new one which I have ordered so to clarify it starts fine cold revs fine cold...

Hi all I am about to receive a bill from a garage even though the engine is worse then when it went in as they have no idea what the problem is . I have a 1971 landrover 2.25 petrol it kept cutting out sometimes when driving but usually in traffic Jams They found the carb butterfly flap was worn...

May i ask what coil you replaced it with as I have the exact same problem bud Garage has put a new carb new electronic fuel pump I heard something about ballast in the coil but I have no idea what that means ? Thanks Nick

Thanks for your reply the Landy has been in the garage they have replaced the fuel pump with an electronic one and brand new carb etc .The lsndrover has an electronic converted distributor fitted now it is stalling when it heats up but then restarts fine? The garage is at a loss of what to do...

Can anyone tell me what is pushing the manual fuel pump lever up and down to pump fuel ? I have my series 3 2/4 in a garage at the moment they are saying lack of fuel ? I have put a new fuel pump in I do know there is a certain p.s.i range for the fuel the garage it is in dies have a very good...

Carb is a zenith now oddly I have changed the plugs and they are white? I have done a dry pressure test all running at just over 100 psi

OK I have this problem and getting fed up with it now . I have a loss of power up hills ( going to do a compression check when the gauge arrives) but the engine ( 2.25 petrol) stalls and splutters when I hit traffic it also has cut out a few time but restarted ( temp is ok) I removed the online...

Thanks for that info as I can't seem to find any diagrams on freewheeling hubs ? Only standard

I am going to flush out my coolant on my ladrover 3 is there anything I should know about bleeding the system or do I just fill it up with the heater open and the rad cap off till it burps I can find no decent instructions on this one Thanks all

I think I found the problem the passenger side was way to loose as I was doing the job on uneven ground . But I have another problem now the driver side wheel has allot of play I am thinking wheel bearing I have free wheeling hubs so I think I will take it to a garage as I dint fancy springs...

Thanks now I get it lol I thought maybe there was a pin between that hole that tightens the okay obviously wrong as i said new ti this but i found out something interesting today when i noticed the movement in the wheel then what's to say the other side is not the problem as the connecting rod...

I sought of understand what I am saying is when you bolt down the top with the 4 bolts at the top ( not sure what that part is called?) It slides into the Bush at the bottom of that Bush sleeve is a tiny hole ( the same as the fibre washer) I don't have any pin in that hole ( if there should be...