12-05-2019, 07:38 PM
This weekend I have made some temporary repairs to an original DK4a distributor and removed the electronic unit in order to make a comparison.
On fitting the DK4 and altering the wiring to suit, I found one of the connectors on the relatively new coil ( fitted at the same time as the electronic dizzy ) to be cracked.
An attempt to rescue this connection caused irreparable damage and resulted in an original Lucas coil being re fitted.
Once roughly timed the first journey out was a revelation, and once the timing had been tweaked to prevent knocking it was genuinely like driving a different car. No more popping on overrun and a significant increase in power / smoothness.
Bearing in mind the DK4 still needs work to make it perfect and the timing may not be spot on, I suspect that it may have been the coil at fault coupled with a too rapid advance curve on the electronic distributer, although I am only guessing.
On inspecting the coil, the plastic around the connector appears to be very brittle, almost as if it has been heating up too much.
I intend to replace the worn DK4 parts and stick with the original set up.
These A7s certainly prevent us getting bored !
On fitting the DK4 and altering the wiring to suit, I found one of the connectors on the relatively new coil ( fitted at the same time as the electronic dizzy ) to be cracked.
An attempt to rescue this connection caused irreparable damage and resulted in an original Lucas coil being re fitted.
Once roughly timed the first journey out was a revelation, and once the timing had been tweaked to prevent knocking it was genuinely like driving a different car. No more popping on overrun and a significant increase in power / smoothness.
Bearing in mind the DK4 still needs work to make it perfect and the timing may not be spot on, I suspect that it may have been the coil at fault coupled with a too rapid advance curve on the electronic distributer, although I am only guessing.
On inspecting the coil, the plastic around the connector appears to be very brittle, almost as if it has been heating up too much.
I intend to replace the worn DK4 parts and stick with the original set up.
These A7s certainly prevent us getting bored !