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Ok so update... It seems the problem was the hall sender. We managed to get a new/replacement one and after a bit of modification to the wires and connectors she is working perfectly and has just done a 150m round trip to Dorset!

Thanks for your help guys.

Daz & Suz

Ok so the hall sender doesn't fit! The connectors are different and the connector it's self is too big to locate into the side of the dizzy. We have spent the weekend trying to sorce a second hand dizzy from various firms and having no joy. So my next question is... Do I modify I.e. cut the original...

Hall sender aquired, will keep you updated!

Thanks Daz & Suz

Thanks for your replies guys. I am conscious of the garage replacing everything which is why I want to get my head around the problem. To be fair to them they work on 3-10 year old VWs and Audi's so this is a curved ball for them. I'm gonna replace the coil anyway as its relatively cheap. The hall s...

I believe they have been changed as they look new and no scratching on the contact face in the cap and rotor arm looks fine and not pitted. Plus why would she run fine for 20/30mins before the problem occurs?

I can't at the moment but the guy at the garage did say the coil was sparking correctly but that it wasn't getting thro to the plugs

Thanks for the quick response. I'm planning to change the coil anyway due to the low cost. The vehicle has new plugs and HT leads and recon carb. The engine labours to turn over a couple of times then fires and ticks over almost perfectly once off the choke. She dose have a miss fire on tick over ev...

Hi Guys (& girls!) We're new to the forum and like most people our first post is because we have a problem (sorry) with 'Bitsie' our 1987 Autohomes Kamper! She's got a 1.9 DG engine (78 ps) and has been off the road for 5 years. The good news is she now has an MOT but we're having an electric ig...