DKY4A Distributor swop?

[Ian Williams]

Personally I though the electronic unit that was sent to me was very poorly made and for the money you could buy the parts needed to refurbish your Lucas unit. The one I inspected actually had as much play in the mechanism and bearings as most of the worn units in my parts shed, added to which the bearings were not in the right place in the body so not properly supporting the spindle they were made from steel not bronze had a very rough bore finish with no provision for lubrication, the pins and shafts were not hardened etc. I could also not find a measurable performance advantage against a properly repaired original and I really don't need the hassle of sudden failure. Just my opinion and many here claim to have gained good results from the electronic units which I don't doubt when measured against a worn out Lucas original as electronics don't suffer from point gap fluctuation due to wear. Which is just as well when the manufactures build the wear in from new just to save you from driving thousands of miles! Lets be honest when we are talking about these things, they are cheap, badly made and are unlikely to last long in relative terms. If you are determined to go down the electronic route I think that you would be better off just fitting a base plate to your original.