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April 20th - New Ignition Parts Fitted After our anniversary drive on the 16th, the following day I gave both Jeeps a good washdown to remove any traces of winter road salt. Once dry, Jessie wouldn't start. I'd noticed for some time that I was getting shocks from various points on the HT leads and starting was getting harder than it should have been. I changed the coil for a spare and got the Jeep started, but it still didn't feel right, so I ordered a replacement dizzy cap, rotor arm and HT leads. They arrived and were fitted on the morning of the 20th. |
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This is the old dizzy cap and rotor arm. There's a little sign of wear/arcing on each of the terminals of the dizzy cap but the rotor arm looks fine. Both were replaced with the new parts but will be kept as spares. |
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Here's the new dizzy cap and leads fitted and a video of a test start. The engine was idling around 700rpm. The engine started immediately when I hit the starter. A short test drive during the evening seemed ok. I still want to try and refit the old coil and try the new ignition components with that. I'm not sure if the old coil and HT leads have been failing at the same time, so want to try the new leads with the old coil and see if the starting and running is normal. If not, I know the old coil is suspect as well as the leads. The new leads have shown no signs of giving me shocks like the old set did. |
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