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paulcloke · May 1, 2012

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Originally posted by Panky

No, you want something with a bit of metal on it

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Bloody cheek

lol, mark dont jinx me[B)] lol if i blow up i'll bloody haunt you lmao

i may evan check the connections on the gauge first. [^]
off to bed for me i think, little man got us up at 6 am[:0]

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Dodgemark · May 1, 2012

to check the guage paul take it out and put a live wire on the metal back and it should move accross

Enigma · May 1, 2012

yeah, but Mark, there isn't much metal left in Dolly.......best dig a big hole in the ground and bury a metal pole at least 2'' in the ground then use that pole as the earth point

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Dodgemark · May 1, 2012

oh poor old paul[B)]

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

harsh dude

the truth really hurts you know LMAO

mind you i may not have much metal left but at least dolly was all 1 colour

what colours was the dog again?

lol, i really do love that orange. do you mean touch a live on the metal casing of the guage? wouldnt that just spark alot[xx(]

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Beachboy · May 2, 2012

I think your getting vans and owners mixed up

quote:
Originally posted by paulcloke

harsh dude

the truth really hurts you know LMAO

mind you i may not have much metal left but at least dolly was all 1 colour

what colours was the dog again?

lol, i really do love that orange. do you mean touch a live on the metal casing of the guage? wouldnt that just spark alot[xx(]

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Bloody Commer`s!

paulcloke · May 2, 2012

probably m8, what van is his then, either way, harsh lol

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

oops, sorry to navyreg lol no harm intended

still love that orange lol

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

well i didnt really do anything today as the weather was nasty

i did pop out and take these to pics of my ignition system to show you john

also tried to remove my fuel sender but the screws are pretty messed up so i thought the best plan was to wait til i have the tank out

and spent half hour trying to figure out why she is running lumpy

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Panky · May 2, 2012

Odd little unit, is it connected up. Found this bit of info.

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/gt-1965-1974/28160-lucas-tac-ignition-anyone.html

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

yeah it seems to be m8. they look like old style points but that would seem to be an electronic ignition module wouldnt it?

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Dodgemark · May 2, 2012

beats me what its for:I

Panky · May 2, 2012

TAC stands for Transistor Assisted Contact ingnition, it's a spark booster and is supposed to reduce wear on the face of the points, A period performance mod

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

hmm, just read that info john

, it seems that it is an add on box that is meant to run with the old points at a lower current to avoid pitting

. further down the page the guy mentions that after not being used for a few months the car started to run a bit rough (like dolly) apparently he went back to plain points and it runs alot better, it seems i need electronic ignition after all[B)] oh well, at least i will know its all new.

i figured out that dolly seems to be running on 3 cylinders, took the lead off the back plug why running and made no diff, so i changed the plug and tried switching the leads with one of the others (other 3 were fine) still no diff, so im guessing it got to be the cap or rotor arm needs changing.

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Panky · May 2, 2012

Did you change the lead for a spare, you may have just been transfering the fault to another cylinder by swapping the leads round.

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pablo · May 2, 2012

good progress and loving this van

keep it dude

paulcloke · May 2, 2012

no i swapped the lead from the faulty 1st cyclinder with the one from the working second cyclinder. but the problem stayed the same, the 1st still didnt fire but the second kept working fine with no 1's lead however the cap looked very worn when i cleaned it and i had to scrape the crap and corrosion off the terminals the cap and rotor arm look very old

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paulcloke · May 2, 2012

cheers pablo, she's going nowhere without me lol

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Dodgemark · May 2, 2012

quote:
Originally posted by paulcloke

no i swapped the lead from the faulty 1st cyclinder with the one from the working second cyclinder. but the problem stayed the same, the 1st still didnt fire but the second kept working fine with no 1's lead however the cap looked very worn when i cleaned it and i had to scrape the crap and corrosion off the terminals the cap and rotor arm look very old

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greg · May 2, 2012

Sounds like you may have to check your compression and/or valve clearances.

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