After being really happy that I had it running on LPG properly, the big=20 old lump proper died two weeks ago, twice in one day and now refuses to=20 start. I originally thought it was damp causing ignition faults. But he AA guy who towed me thought it was the coil. I tried a new coil but that did nowt. Have tried a new(from a scrappy but from metro that had low miles and=20 was used as a crumple zone) em9 ignition moldule, but that didn nowt. In the last two weeks, a brand new battery that was holding charge fine,=20 has managed to drain itself. but that could have been a mixture of=20 cranking and radio memory.
I was informed by someone on the difflock forums that that they had a=20 halfords dizzycap fail in a month with similar symptoms, and I had just=20 replaced it a month previous with a halfords cap. looking inside the=20 cap, the carbon electrode is fine, but each of the 8 terminals looks to=20 have been carved up by the rotor arm. the cap was a very tight fit too.
I'm now trying to locate a new cap and rotor arm locally, but can't find=20 anthing other than halfords.
Before total failure, the symptoms were stuttering and stammering under=20 load at or above 2k revs, then random cutting out and failure to restart (first time it did it, it was pissing down hence the initial dampness=20 theory), then if it re-started would idle roughly but die immediatley=20 any revs were applied.
Since then, nothing, won't even fire and idle badley. I've had to buy=20 something to replace it as =A38 a day train fares was too costly, so I now= =20 need to get it running to sell it. Any v8 gurus in cheshire fancy giving=20 me a hand anytime at the weekend if it is dry and I can locate a dizzy=20 cap and rotor arm to try.
getting desperate and refuse to sell a non runner.
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