Fired it up today - seems to be working just fine. Also, my CA/Smiths/Greengauges rev counter is perfectly happy with the MJ tacho output, which is a
relief. Just waiting for some vacuum pipe to arrive, then I can complete the installation (oh, and the shift light - but I've got to create a
mount for that).
Just one oddity - the tacho meter on the PC configurator display shows around 500rpm when the engine's stopped. This isn't a problem of any
sort, as it matches my own tacho exactly once the engine is started. Perhaps it's some kind of 'feature' in the software!
I've also removed the old dizzy and replaced it with a turned plug - what a lot of room there is on that side now! 
Thanks for all the help I have received...
David
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
I've also removed the old dizzy and replaced it with a turned plug - what a lot of room there is on that side now!
Thanks for all the help I have received...
David
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I've also removed the old dizzy and replaced it with a turned plug - what a lot of room there is on that side now!
I didn't do it that way - I took the clamp off the bottom of an old dizzy, then turned up a bit of steel on the lathe so that it was the same
diameter as the dizzy's shaft. Turned in a groove for an o-ring, then used the old clamp to hold the bung in place. I put an over-sized bit at
the top of the bung to ensure that it couldn't fall inside the engine, even if the clamp came loose.
Here's what it looks like now:
[Edited on 11/1/07 by David Jenkins]
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
I didn't do it that way - I took the clamp off the bottom of an old dizzy, then turned up a bit of steel on the lathe so that it was the same daimeter as the dizzy's shaft. Turned in a groove for an o-ring, then used the old clamp to hold the bung in place. I put an over-sized bit at the top of the bung to ensure that it couldn't fall inside the engine, even if the clamp came loose.
'Cos it's a crossflow!
The oil and fuel pumps are driven independently from the dizzy, so it can be removed without causing problems elsewhere. The dizzy and the oil pump
use the same gear on the cam, but totally independent of one another.
Good point though - if anyone else is thinking of doing this on any engine other than a crossflow, just make sure that it won't cause problems
elsewhere.
David
[Edited on 8/1/07 by David Jenkins]
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
'Cos it's a crossflow!
I have been trying to work out how i am going to do similair on my Pinto
I am thinking along the lines of stripping down the dizzy and cutting away as much as possible... anyone got any experience of this?
Someone once posted how they removed the distributor on a pinto , can't remember who though
Here's what the engine bay looks like now, just in front of the scuttle. The MJ box is on the other side of the firewall.
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plenty of room for a bmw cooper s supercharger on the empty side now!