27-04-2018, 10:31 AM
I bought an Accuspark unit and fitted it to the RP. The engine seemed to run well with it, although I didn't notice all that much improvement; I think the main benefit was the automatic ignition advance & retard. Yesterday the car was very reluctant to start and wouldn't run properly. After spending most of the morning faffing about, we changed the distributor for the old one, not because we really thought that it could be faulty (it's a brand-new unit, innit?) but because we were running out of ideas. Instant result!
I contacted Accuspark and tried to persuade them to send me another unit so that we could go away with the car on a long-planned weekend, but they refused - they insisted on having the old unit back first. It apparently isn't "company policy" to do their best for their customers. I must say that I am not impressed with this distributor: it has run for less than 2 hours, there is already nearly 1/16" play in the spindle and it has failed.
There seems to be a disturbing trend towards unnecessary replacement of tried & tested electrics with modern electronic gismos, such as the alternator and this distributor. Some modern developments are great (LEDs for instance), but I wonder about some others.
I contacted Accuspark and tried to persuade them to send me another unit so that we could go away with the car on a long-planned weekend, but they refused - they insisted on having the old unit back first. It apparently isn't "company policy" to do their best for their customers. I must say that I am not impressed with this distributor: it has run for less than 2 hours, there is already nearly 1/16" play in the spindle and it has failed.
There seems to be a disturbing trend towards unnecessary replacement of tried & tested electrics with modern electronic gismos, such as the alternator and this distributor. Some modern developments are great (LEDs for instance), but I wonder about some others.