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  1. Unfortunately I have to take what I get down here in Kenya I'm not sure what the distributor is, it doesn't have a mount for the ignition amplifier. It's got a (new) points conversion kit. I've got spark from coil but nothing out of the HT leads (about 6 months old).
  2. As per title. Are there different kinds of caps? I have the blue one and it won't fit my lucas distributor.
  3. I just found them too stiff. We can sometimes get Monroe and can also get heavy duty shocks from a local company that rebadges some aussie brand but also very stiff damping. Most LR spares shops here only stock Britpart, Armstrong and Bilstein now that the cars aren't so common anymore. We have a Bearmach dealer, they do make a 2" gas shock, is that any good? I do have Bilstein in the store and would prob put those back in rather than spend more money.
  4. I've got Bearmach 2" lift springs installed and broke a few shock turrets before it occured to me that I need the lowered turrets. Now installed 2" lower turrets and have been told that I don't need to change bump stops as the standard shocks have 2" of unused up travel. Can anyone confirm this? I don't want to start bending shafts now. Before anyone says - I don't want to use longer shocks as all I can get here is Bilstein and I hate them.
  5. The original filter box was dented and had gaps. I'm using Ram Air oiled foam filters. They come with a 'dry' lube which I now cleaned and applied filtrex oil so let's see if that helps. Otherwise is there a decent filter that fits direct to the carb? I was using AEM paper filters on my Vogue with no issues...expensive tho
  6. Thanks paintman, I did follow a similar timing procedure with no luck. It turns out that the carb pistons were dirty and stuck. We have dust like talcum powder here which would get inside the cabin of even the 04 Vogue I had and it's obviously getting past the air filters. So within the same week we lost both spark and fuel but all is good now, thanks everyone for your help!
  7. Sparky soldered something in the dizzy and we got our spark back! Now we have another issue - car ran for 1km and then cut out. Won't start again. Have spark. Neither Sparky nor me know how to set timing properly, we set the static timing based on TDC at cylinder 1 then advanced it a little until car would start and idle smoothly. Could the new non starting issue be caused by timing?
  8. We've traced the issue to the distributor - all parts work fine when installed in another car except the distributor. Resistance at the pins where the amplifier plugs in is 2.9, I read somewhere it should be 1.6? I can't find a new distributor anywhere, I tried a used one which was worse. Can I buy the britpart electronic conversion kit and put the bits in the current distributor? I already had the cap and figured I may as well change the leads as they were so old they had turned black. Original color was red.
  9. I have ironman springs/ bilstein dampers which is a really nice combination
  10. Changed HT leads, IAM and dizzy cap and now I have no spark from the coil. Tried a new coil and still no spark. I have 12V when measuring from both coil terminals, is this normal? Any ideas on getting spark back?
  11. I have a brand new alternator for a 3.9 efi model, will it work with this engine? Current alternator has a multiplug with 3 wires
  12. Still misfiring when the muffler is loose. The IAM multiplug snapped when I pulled it off so I'll change that and HT leads tomorrow. The ignition light has always been dimly on, only visible at night. Is this normal?
  13. The hangars were broken and I drive 20km of corrugations every time I leave the house, but it was a bit rotten at the junction of pipe and box. Will disconnect the joint before the box and see if there's a change
  14. He just welded the existing pipe back on to the muffler, no new parts. I'll try have a look to see if the hole got blocked but it seems unlikely
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