Oil Pressure Gauge Install - Fouling Distributor
#1
Posted 19 September 2021 - 08:07 PM
#2
Posted 19 September 2021 - 08:11 PM
Check and record the timing, remove the dizzy and then rotate the dizzy drive spindle one tooth.
Re-install dizzy and set timing as it was.
If that doesn’t provide enough clearance rotate another tooth, or go the other way.
#3
Posted 20 September 2021 - 01:15 PM
Or move the leads around one position in the dizzy cap then re-time.
I used one of these on my Minor when I had the same issue
https://www.ebay.co....tm/164633078441
It replaces the banjo bolt on the feed to the filter and does away with a T piece. Only suitable for earlier engines before 1990 though.
Edited by panky, 20 September 2021 - 01:18 PM.
#4
Posted 21 September 2021 - 08:41 AM
You can turn the whole dizzy in 90 degree increments, just move the leads to the next post in the opposite direction.
Only thing with Panky's adapter is you'd be measuring pressure before the filter, I think off the main gallery, as standard would give a more reliable indication your engine's happy.
Still good for temp. sensors & relocating pressure warning switches.
#5
Posted 21 September 2021 - 10:54 AM
Good point, I suppose you could plumb in two gauges to show the differential pressure across the filter if you really wanted to worry yourself
#6
Posted 21 September 2021 - 12:01 PM
As above,
You can turn the whole dizzy in 90 degree increments, just move the leads to the next post in the opposite direction.
Only thing with Panky's adapter is you'd be measuring pressure before the filter, I think off the main gallery, as standard would give a more reliable indication your engine's happy.
Still good for temp. sensors & relocating pressure warning switches.
Does not need to be 90 degrees. It can be one tooth or more.
#7
Posted 22 September 2021 - 10:59 AM
If you go for the easier option of just slackening the clamp & turning the dizzy you will need to keep to 90 degree steps - same as the cams that open the points (or electronic equivalent).
#8
Posted 23 September 2021 - 08:08 PM
easy way is to buy a 45 degree angle and nipple screw them into the block and then use the tee for oil and gauge
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