02-08-2023, 05:51 PM
"The car was running an electronic distributor and although these do fail, they normally fail completely, despite spark at all four plugs I changed to the spare baseplate, same issue. Spare coil provided no improvement and eventually, with little else to try, I fitted the spare Lucas distributor with points – this solved the issue, and the car ran on 4 once more (the electronic baseplates turned out to be fine, the problem manifested elsewhere and I will come back to this later)."
As you know R, I had failures of two electronic dizzies last year in Basque Country, the one in use and the spare in case!. The would run for short periods gradually reducing until stopping completely. Sadly I had not packed a clockwork dizzy, in case, so had to leave the car behind and end the holiday in a modern, being back marker behind two sevens and a Big 7.
On the return of the car (Thank you RH), I could get it to run for a mile or two before failing again. I have now reverted to Mr Lucas's finest and will no longer dabble with the occult.
Brilliant trip, your family are troopers without a doubt.
Jack
As you know R, I had failures of two electronic dizzies last year in Basque Country, the one in use and the spare in case!. The would run for short periods gradually reducing until stopping completely. Sadly I had not packed a clockwork dizzy, in case, so had to leave the car behind and end the holiday in a modern, being back marker behind two sevens and a Big 7.
On the return of the car (Thank you RH), I could get it to run for a mile or two before failing again. I have now reverted to Mr Lucas's finest and will no longer dabble with the occult.
Brilliant trip, your family are troopers without a doubt.
Jack