Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:16 am
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Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
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Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:23 pm
We can all often miss the simple things !
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 9:12 am
Hi Oliver90owner,
I suspected it was the condenser after I'd tried known good components and the condenser was the only thing I did not have a spare of.
A quick order from Minispares and it was running again in moments, along with the rev counter working too
I suspected it was the condenser after I'd tried known good components and the condenser was the only thing I did not have a spare of.
A quick order from Minispares and it was running again in moments, along with the rev counter working too
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:56 am
Phew! Glad its sorted....and a nice easy fix too - we like them! 
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:35 am
I suspected it was the condenser after I'd tried known good components and the condenser was the only thing I did not have a spare of.
Most certainly not the impression I got when (carefully) reading your initial post. That’s all.
Most certainly not the impression I got when (carefully) reading your initial post. That’s all.
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:41 pm
Hi oliver90owner,
granted it wasn't what I suspected initially but with all the help I had on here and a stock of known good items (coil, distributor cap and leads) to perform the recommended tests, it had to be the condenser.
I think you may have read my message like I thought that all along which is certainly not the case.
granted it wasn't what I suspected initially but with all the help I had on here and a stock of known good items (coil, distributor cap and leads) to perform the recommended tests, it had to be the condenser.
I think you may have read my message like I thought that all along which is certainly not the case.
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:43 am
Old hands on this forum will be glad to know that it wasn't the coil! 
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:49 am
It is never the coil except when it ismyoldjalopy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:43 am Old hands on this forum will be glad to know that it wasn't the coil!
Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:33 pm
Correct.... This caused me 2 recoveries home as it was intermittent...svenedin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:49 amIt is never the coil except when it ismyoldjalopy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:43 am Old hands on this forum will be glad to know that it wasn't the coil!
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Re: Electrical Issue After Trying Rev Counter
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 11:01 am
I think the saying "It's never the coil" refers to an earlier era. The idea was that a 'vintage coil' would last 'for ever', but that many more modern ones were less reliable. The coil currently in my car has a look of the 70's/80's to me. My spare, which is a known good one, is even earlier - possibly the original from 1955!