Electronic Ignition - Which System ?

[lambrettalad]

Hi the title says it all !
My back problems keep me from bending over the dizzy for any length of time fiddling with points etc.
But I do want to give the next owner the opportunity to return to stock fitting.All ideas welcome

[IslipMinor]

I have the Aldon Ignitor, which has been fitted for about 13 years and given no problems at all. Used in combination with a Lucas 'Sports' coil of the same vintage.

If you decide to go the 'inside the cap' route, make sure that you connect the electronic unit wires the right way round - no second chance available!

Very easy to fit, not quite so easy to time unless you use a strobe timing unit. Also the static timing, with the Aldon Ignitor, is about 15/20° different to points - down to the trigger being in a slight different position to the points.

To my mind, well worth the effort for peace of mind and convenience. So keep all the original points and condenser bits in the car, as if the electronic unit fails, there is no way to overcome it other than replacement.

[lambrettalad]

Vert helpful,thanks for that,good idea to keep the bits with the car,I wonder if the younger RAC chap or chapess would know what to do ?

[hanvyj]

The man who collected me off the motorway on sunday night didnt have a clue what points were. However an RAC man came by the garage and replaced them with a spare I had in the back. Only worked after a jab with screwdriver...

So the RAC might have a vuage idea!

[linearaudio]

the "SimonBBC" electronic distributor seems to be a real bargain at £55 for a new dizzy with electronic module fitted!
(He is nothing to do with broadcasting- bbc is "Best British Classics"!!!)
Or if you have easy access to a late model A-series Metro in a scrappy, that has a Lucas module and trigger wheel incorporated in the dizzy. Takes a bit of scheming/filing to fit, which has been documented before, but has worked fine for me and others. The benefit(?) of that is that if you are sneaky enough to find two of them in the scrappy, the actual module is only held onto the outside of the dizzy by only 2 screws....

[lambrettalad]

[Stig]

I've fitted a Lumenition Magnetronic module - it goes inside the distributor cap. As IslipMinor says, just keep the points plate etc. and you can swap back.

[chrisryder]

i fitted a kit from A series spares. i got it at the national last year for £35 and it came with a red rotor arm.

i wasn't too confident it'd be all that reliable, as it was so cheap, but it's been on since i got back from the national 14 months ago, and i've done 13,000 trouble free miles since!

[lambrettalad]

Thanks for that ,I've had a look at their website and they no longer do the kit

[Fingolfin]

ESM has them: Electronic Ignition Kit-Lumenition It's negative earth only. They've got them for the 45D4 distributor, too.

[bmcecosse]

My advice is to stick with points - and carry a complete spare dizzy with you. Then no undue 'bending' - just slacken the clamp and pull the complete dizzy - and slot in the spare. With electronic ignition, if it does go wrong - there's no easy way to fix it, although of course you can again have the complete spare points dizzy ready to fit. If you do go the leccy route - the BBC (or Accuspark) dizzy does indeed seem to be a good buy and at least gives you a new vacuum unit which is always a good idea.