electronic ignition

[cococola]

Im considering wheather to fit electronic ignition on my morris minor.
What are the benefits and the best place to buy from please?

[dalebrignall]

ive been using it for 10 years fantastic accuspark system very good best £50 you will ever spend

[bmcecosse]

As above - there a re good reports of the complete new dizzies sold by Accuspark/Powerspark - I suggest the 45D is the best one to go for. Attempting to retrofit 'electronics' to old dizzies seems to end in tears all too often....don't do it!

[aupickup]

my vote for accuspark as well

[cococola]

Can I just confirm that ebay item 170701231911 is the one that I need.Unless anybody can recommend elsewhere?
many thanks

[bmcecosse]

That's it - the car needs to be -ve earth of course.

[cococola]

many thanks..Ive just bought it

[cococola]

my distributor arrived today and I will fit it tomorrow, is it correct that to fit it I make sure the old rotor arm is pointing to cylinder one. I then remove the old distributor andfit the new one with the rotor also lined up to cylinder one?
Do I need to be wary of anything else whilst fitting please and is this correct information?

[bmcecosse]

That's pretty much it - you will need to fine tune the timing once the engine is running -and at working temperature.

[cococola]

for the fine tuning,would it be a case of turning the distributor until smooth running is obtained?

[dalebrignall]

yes no need for a timing light

[cococola]

Well Ive fitted the new dissy and it started first time...runs fab!

[bmcecosse]

Good job - well done.

[67-2door]

I've been thinking about these. I think my car's fitted with a 25D at present, if I bought an electronic distributor should I still go for a 45D?

[biomed32uk]

I have the Accuspark kit fitted to my 25D, works perfectly.

I did take the chance to completely strip and service the dizzy when I fitted it, its been faultless and just some fine tuning to get the timing correct.

Can't remember how much the kit was but I actually went into Accuspark in Hemel Hempstead as its up the road from my head office where I just happned to be.

[bmcecosse]

The 45D is the later/better dizzy... Lucas made changes for good reason - not just for 'fun'.

[67-2door]

And does it fit straight on in place of the old 25D & use the same leads etc?

[cococola]

I went on a journey tonight and the car was fine running well until I was on my way home....
Every time I put the car In gear the revs lowered and cut out also I ended up with hardly any power on acceleration.
Could this be a timing issue maybe?

[bmcecosse]

Yes - the 45 slots straight in. And yes - did you optimise the idling timing? Then you should do a run to check for pinking - if none - advance till it pinks, then back it off slightly. And did you tighten the dizzy down properly?

[cococola]

Ive removed and refitted the distributor today and Iam happy that it is fitted flush.I have turned the distributor either way in order to get the smoothest running.Do I loosen the bracket on the distributor to get more movement to adjust as there is only a small amount of adjustment on the bolt that mounts the distributor bracket.
The car starts first time every time, however there is a knock on higher revs which wasn't there before. Also if I push in my clutch pedal then the car stall straight away..is there anything else Iam missing please?