Broken plug on my electronic dizzy - any advice please

Post by **irishkeet** » 13 Jun 2008, 16:48

Hi

Messing about with the van before heading to bus stopover tomorrow and I have noticed that the small black electrical connecting plug on the side of the electronic distributor is broken, someone has fixed it in the past
Photos below but not great, anyway i slapped on a small bit of araldite and a cable tie

Im wondering if I need a new dizzy?

[img:800:844]http://www.irishkeet.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... 0dizzy.jpg[/img]
[img:800:640]http://www.irishkeet.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... 0dizzy.jpg[/img]

thanks
irishkeet

Post by **Fritz** » 13 Jun 2008, 18:11

Ah it will be OK, just keep your eyes open for a better one.

Regards

Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Post by **irishkeet** » 13 Jun 2008, 21:01

Fritz wrote:Ah it will be OK, just keep your eyes open for a better one.

Regards

Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

thanks Fritz
do you know what model type i should be looking for?

irishkeet

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 13 Jun 2008, 21:55

If things get really bad

Whack a cable tie around the dizzy and hold the plug on, stop the wires fraying and wiggling about.

Post by **irishkeet** » 14 Jun 2008, 06:55

Simon Baxter wrote:If things get really bad

Whack a cable tie around the dizzy and hold the plug on, stop the wires fraying and wiggling about.

Cheers Simon
I have put a tie around it. The repair kit is expensive, how much is a new dizzy?

Post by **hammy44** » 14 Jun 2008, 07:47

hi irishkeet i dont think you will be able to get a new dizzy as i had problems with mine at the start you can get a 009 dizzy or a number like that but they apparently dont work. i think you will have to try to locate a used one from somewhere.

Post by **irishkeet** » 14 Jun 2008, 08:17

hammy44 wrote:hi irishkeet i dont think you will be able to get a new dizzy as i had problems with mine at the start you can get a 009 dizzy or a number like that but they apparently dont work. i think you will have to try to locate a used one from somewhere.

many thanks
any idea what the model/name I should be looking for

thanks
irishkeet

Post by **bigherb** » 14 Jun 2008, 10:30

If you cant repair it the other option is to replace the hall sender in the dizzy which comes with the connector, not cheap though.

http://shop.justkampers.com/product_inf ... ts_id/9479

Post by **Simon Baxter** » 14 Jun 2008, 22:18

bigherb wrote:If you cant repair it the other option is to replace the hall sender in the dizzy which comes with the connector, not cheap though.

http://shop.justkampers.com/product_inf ... ts_id/9479

That's really cheap!!

Post by **Aidan** » 15 Jun 2008, 09:36

vacuum advance or not ? if not its MV, if vacuum its a DJ. Keith I have both in stock, nearly new and not so but complete and working. Like Simon says cable tie remove vibration problem. I had a hall unit failure on mine destroyed the dizzy and I had a hell of a job finding an MV one at the time, managed to get hold of a second broken one and made a complete broken one and exchanged with Bosch - they are well over a ton if they are still available, but also over time tracked down some s/h units and carry a new one in the van just in case.

Post by **irishkeet** » 15 Jun 2008, 18:51

many thanks for all your replies I will send you a PM Beaker