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I broke down on the way home from work the other night and the AA man said it could be the hall sender in the distributer ,is it a straight forward job to fix ??

yes

remove the distributor
strip the distributor down
fit new parts
rebuild distributor
fit distributor
set timing

drive with a smile on your face

Remove old distributor, amplifier, idle stabaliser, and blank off vacuum pipes. Fit 009 distributor. Set points gap & timimg. Drive away with smile on your face (until points need re-gapping after 5000 miles.) Incur wrath of 80-90 members who believe a 009 will kill your engine.

not going to kill your engine

yes the timing curve will be wrong but with the wera on all the bits cant see it matters, unless it creates a flat spot ect


BUT will say its a step backwards.

vans will do 200000miles + on an electronic setup no probs WITHOUT any adjusting ect

AND if your batterys flat its much easier to start with electronic ignition as only a small amout of power is needed to spark , unlike a points setup.

electronic will allow a very good spark even on slow turn over when lots of power is being drawn from the battery.

by the time you bought a 009 just repair the standard set up rather than go backwards!

i am suprised you havent fitted an Aircooled engine so you dont have a cooling system to worry about!

I have got an Aircooled engine

I will try going back to an electronic set-up one day if I can get a working set-up. The last time I tried either the Hall sensor or the amp gave up after 20 miles and I had to re-fit the 009 to get home.