Ignition Woes
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2003 4:59 pm
I got stranded again last Monday for the second time in about a month
on my way home from work when the ignition system just shut off while
driving in traffic. I couldn't find or fix the problem along side the
roadway so I got it towed home. This morning I had the time to look
at it and diagnosed the problem to the new rotor had burn through and
shorted out the ignition again. Along with that the center carbon
wiper electrode in the new distributor cap had somehow lodged itself
back into the pocket so it's face was just flush with the plastic and
would not stick proud to make contact with the rotor. Okay, maybe this
is just coincidence but I believe the quality of the replacement caps
and rotors has turned to total garbage. I'm really peeved off because
this is my daily driver and it's completely unreliable now. BTW, the
little spring retainer in the new rotors is also joke.
What do I do to get my 23D dizzy reliable once again? Add a ballast
resistor to step down the coil's voltage output? It's only a 25K volt
coil now. Make my own rotor? Replace the dizzy with a Bosch one? Do
the Bosch dizzies which fit have simliar problems? For sure I'm now
going to carry several spare rotors and caps with wires now at the
very least until I can find a permanent solution. Is there a supplier
anywhere in the world where I get buy quality parts regardless of the
cost? At this point I would pay a small fortune for a quality cap with
real copper electrodes and a rotor with proper electrical insulating
properties.
on my way home from work when the ignition system just shut off while
driving in traffic. I couldn't find or fix the problem along side the
roadway so I got it towed home. This morning I had the time to look
at it and diagnosed the problem to the new rotor had burn through and
shorted out the ignition again. Along with that the center carbon
wiper electrode in the new distributor cap had somehow lodged itself
back into the pocket so it's face was just flush with the plastic and
would not stick proud to make contact with the rotor. Okay, maybe this
is just coincidence but I believe the quality of the replacement caps
and rotors has turned to total garbage. I'm really peeved off because
this is my daily driver and it's completely unreliable now. BTW, the
little spring retainer in the new rotors is also joke.
What do I do to get my 23D dizzy reliable once again? Add a ballast
resistor to step down the coil's voltage output? It's only a 25K volt
coil now. Make my own rotor? Replace the dizzy with a Bosch one? Do
the Bosch dizzies which fit have simliar problems? For sure I'm now
going to carry several spare rotors and caps with wires now at the
very least until I can find a permanent solution. Is there a supplier
anywhere in the world where I get buy quality parts regardless of the
cost? At this point I would pay a small fortune for a quality cap with
real copper electrodes and a rotor with proper electrical insulating
properties.