14-08-2024, 08:41 AM
The earthing of the fixed points contact on the DK4 is not good. There is a brass connector within the bakelite of the base. This is then connected to the body of the distributor by one of the base fixing screws. If it has manual advance/retard there is no fixed contact between the body and the dynamo.
I always attach a wire to one of the screws holding the fixed contact and take it out of the distributor to a good earth, in our case the dynamo body.
Some Vauxhall Vivas had similar problems because there was a coat of paint that could insulate the distributor body from the engine.
I always attach a wire to one of the screws holding the fixed contact and take it out of the distributor to a good earth, in our case the dynamo body.
Some Vauxhall Vivas had similar problems because there was a coat of paint that could insulate the distributor body from the engine.
Jim