locoboy
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 12:27 PM |
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distributor issues
hiya,
Range rover V8 EFI, i fitted a new dizzy cap to it and it was fine.
The little spring loaded contact in the centre of the cap is missing now.
I have tried putting a bit of a nail in there just to see if i get a spark.
Nothing, does it have to be made of a certain material or something?
If so can i buy just the contact from somewhere as i dont want to spend another tenner on another cap.
Cheers
ATB
Locoboy
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mookaloid
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 01:03 PM |
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Spend the tenner or it'll never work right 
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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DarrenW
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 01:11 PM |
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I had a similar issue with pinto cap. Managed to keep it running a few miles on the spring but only as an emergency trick to get to a factors.
Replaced cap and rotor arm as a precaution.
You will new cap im afraid.
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jordan23
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 03:23 PM |
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Did you have to tap the centre of the dizzy back in after removing the rotor arm?
I had a similar problem and couldnt get the cap to fit, the centre of the dizzy needed tapping back in.
the next thing i knew there was no spark and the central contact had dissapeared.
I can only guess that trying in vain to get it to fit had damaged the centre contact and it had split/cracked or disintegrated.
it was all black and scorched in there too i guess it had been arking accross it for a while and burnt the spring away.
new cap sorted it - get your cash out im afraid 
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locoboy
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 04:07 PM |
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As it happens yes i did, i struggled and struggled to get the cap on, even phoned the factors back to see if there were 2 different caps for this year
dependant upon the dizzy etc, they said it was all one type of cap.
Maybe your right and its been trashed???
ATB
Locoboy
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Macbeast
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 07:24 PM |
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You used to be able to buy replacement centre contacts but no longer.
A quick visit to a scrappy might do it Look innocent and whistle as you slip the contact into your shirt pocket.
Same subject: my son let his Zetec run dry of oil. I tried to buy replacement shells but Ford don't do them any more - you have to buy a
complete replacement engine and you don't get many of them for a tenner 
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