21-02-2018, 01:23 PM
Just for balance I will add a note from the other side of the story.
I bought and fitted one of the new Accuspark dizzy's in May 2017. It ran with all the benefits noted by previous correspondents and I was entirley happy with it in the 700 plus miles I covered on a newly rebuilt engine before starting the Euro Tour. On the day we left for Dover I had covered all of 3 miles when the engine cut, I was able to restart sufficiently long enough to crawl into a bus layby, from the main road through Woodstock, Oxon. A few minutes diagnosis indicated no spark and since the coil was fine and electricity was reaching the dizzy, I swapped it for the clockwork backup it had replaced.
I returned home, borrowed a second clockwork item from my other seven and completed 3000 miles through Europe without further incident. I returned the faulty item to Accuspark, which got lost in the post (note even 2nd class Post Office parcels have a tracking number on them, which enabled me to claim its loss from Accuspark) I have since fitted the new Accuspark dizzy and immediately noticed the improvement in running, tractability and tick over. I have also bought a second one for the other seven.
I always carry a second dizzy under the back seat, complete and ready to fit. On longer adventures I wil now borrow the second electronic item as a spare, otherwise its a clockwork spare for all other journeys. So you could say a convert and convinced by the improvements over the possible failure, which of course has been previously noted in this thread, with the current supply of clockwork dizzy components.
Hope this helps
Regards Jack
I bought and fitted one of the new Accuspark dizzy's in May 2017. It ran with all the benefits noted by previous correspondents and I was entirley happy with it in the 700 plus miles I covered on a newly rebuilt engine before starting the Euro Tour. On the day we left for Dover I had covered all of 3 miles when the engine cut, I was able to restart sufficiently long enough to crawl into a bus layby, from the main road through Woodstock, Oxon. A few minutes diagnosis indicated no spark and since the coil was fine and electricity was reaching the dizzy, I swapped it for the clockwork backup it had replaced.
I returned home, borrowed a second clockwork item from my other seven and completed 3000 miles through Europe without further incident. I returned the faulty item to Accuspark, which got lost in the post (note even 2nd class Post Office parcels have a tracking number on them, which enabled me to claim its loss from Accuspark) I have since fitted the new Accuspark dizzy and immediately noticed the improvement in running, tractability and tick over. I have also bought a second one for the other seven.
I always carry a second dizzy under the back seat, complete and ready to fit. On longer adventures I wil now borrow the second electronic item as a spare, otherwise its a clockwork spare for all other journeys. So you could say a convert and convinced by the improvements over the possible failure, which of course has been previously noted in this thread, with the current supply of clockwork dizzy components.
Hope this helps
Regards Jack