Morris Minor Owners Club

just fitted a new electronic dizzy...
now the radio has distorted sound
any ideas chaps

Use an iPod...

bmcecosse wrote:Use an iPod...

ok roy asked for that one

Turn the radio off.

what could be causing the interferance ......

It's the electronic dizzy..........

called accuspark...
they suggested
suppressed leads
........... plugs
........... and radio suppressor
so still unsure which way to go

how do i fit a radio suppressor......

If it's only interference through the Earth, an opto-isolator will do the trick!

Bidz wrote:If it's only interference through the Earth, an opto-isolator will do the trick!

can you explain more please.....
it workrd ok with the old points dizzy

I would fit these, http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p ... ategory/16
Try your local motorcycle shop first to save on postage.

Check the earth on the radio and aerial first, before fitting any suppressors.

samuria wrote:

Bidz wrote:If it's only interference through the Earth, an opto-isolator will do the trick!

can you explain more please.....
it workrd ok with the old points dizzy

It occurs to me I was in fact talking rubbish. But if you have some way of isolating [not the opto- bit] the shared earth, you shouldn't get interference. But I'd go with the suppressors [after checking the Earth!