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Electronic ignition?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:18 pm
by biffabacon
I have seen a few different systems advertised, magnetronic and optronic which if any is best? Or, would i be better off saving up a few more pennies and going for an aldon distributor? What do you reckon?
Cheers
John
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:28 pm
by Cam
Aldon every time in my opinion. Not heard anything bad reported, whereas the various other optronic/magnetronic systems I have heard about have failed and caused problems.
I have used an Aldon Ignitor for years and am more than pleased with it. It all hides under the dizzy cap so there's no ugly heat sink that you have to bolt to the inner wing.
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:34 pm
by biffabacon
Cam, you seem to be the font of "Mog" knowledge. Would the aldon be suitable for the 948 and 1098 Mog?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:43 pm
by biffabacon
Which aldon product? Ignitor II or full distributor? Which do you Reckon?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:43 pm
by 123_Paul
I had a lumention magnetronic one, and it failed when it was 4 years old, I got another unit for free. But it is a hudge inconvience when it does fail, because unless you can covert back to points at the roadside, you have to be towed!
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:51 pm
by Cam
I have not tried the Ignitor II as I think you have to have their coil with it too.
The Ignitor 1 (original) is available for the 25D4 dizzy, so should fit the 948 and 1098 no problems. They do a negative earth and positive earth version so make sure you have decided which route to go before buying as you can't change the polarity of the car once it is fitted!
You should not need the complete dizzy. If your engine is standard then the advance curve will be correct for it. If you wish, you may want to get it overhauled though while you are at it. Aldon used to do that too. Not sure if they still do. Won't be cheap though.............
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:38 pm
by biffabacon
Just had another look at the aldon website. I can only see an ignitor for £62.95 + VAT. Haven't a clue which distributor if any is syuitable, Any Ideas?
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:13 pm
by Cam
Give them a call and tell them which engine it is for and they should be able to help as they can tell you which they still stock if the website is not up to date.
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:14 am
by Kevin
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:26 pm
by biffabacon
Hi Kevin,
Yeah, thats the ignitor i was on about, nothing about a distributor though. Has anyone tried one of aldons ignotors, if so, are they any good?
Cheers
John
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:45 pm
by Cam
Cam wrote:I have used an Aldon Ignitor for years and am more than pleased with it.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:59 am
by Kevin
Yeah, thats the ignitor i was on about, nothing about a distributor though.
Hi John when you click on the link the Dizzys are shown on the left and within the discription for example
Lucas 22D4-25D4, DM2 4-LU142A £ 62.95
Aldon Ignitor unit to suit 22D4-25D4 and DM2-40510A, 40743A 4 cylinder Lucas distributors. Identified by 2 screws and a pin in the baseplate and a grommett fitted into the cut out in the side of the distributor body. Negative earth only.
This is the 7th one down on the list and all the relavent detail is shown.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:49 pm
by ColinChandler
Sorry to be a complete novice in these things but what do these Aldon kits replace? Do thay do away with the points and condenser? A brief description would be helpful for me if you dont mind?
Cheers, colin.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:36 pm
by 57traveller
The picture is of the Lumention "Magnetronic" system fitted to my Travellers distributor. I would think the Aldon unit is similar. The module can just be seen top left under the trigger disc. It replaces the points, condensor and that flimsy l.t. wire. The rotor arm as seen is retained.
Fitting instructions are of course included.
Note - this is the 2nd module. I did have a couple of problems. The first disc (there's a dot on that to line up correctly with the rotor arm) would not fit over the cam lobes of the distributor spindle
exchanged and after approx. 2 months after fitting, the original module "melted," fortunately when backing out of the garage at home! A replacement was supplied, no questions. This has been fine now for about 3 years.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:50 pm
by Gareth
Melted...eeep!
Every time I consider changing the old girl to leccy ignition, someone posts on here and puts me off the idea all together! Now, where are my feeler gauges?? ;)
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:52 pm
by ColinChandler
Thanks 57t, A picture's worth a thousand words. It all seems clearer now. Cheers, Colin.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:00 pm
by 57traveller
A pleasure Colin
Well not strictly melted Gareth as in a molten blob
but it was a very dark charcoal colour and v. hot. When going to shut the garage door I detected this whiff of burning electrical component(s), looked under the bonnet and was greeted by smoke issuing from under the distributor cap.
As I said the replacement has been fine and I'm very pleased with it.
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:55 pm
by Cam
The Aldon unit is very similar but the 'disc' under the rotor arm is MUCH smaller and there is no external module.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:27 am
by salty_monk
I use an Aldon kit on a pinto - very good & simple to fit. YOu'll probably need to adjust timing a little after fitting though..
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:12 am
by Cam
Yes, I needed to.