The V8 Owners Forum -

HI, Very interested in this thread......just bought an immaculate 70k miles 1998 4.6HSE. After driving from south Kent to Glasgow I really want LPG, but I seem to be getting quoted £2k for supply and fit. Badger, I'm in Scotland as well.....how much could you supply and fit a kit for.......or do you...

Ok guys, I have done all the timing etc and it appears my Opus is indeed (as some of you suggeted) Opeless! I have managed to get a substitute unit from Jim Robinson at JRV8. I cannot recommend this guy strongly enough....he knows his stuff, is very willing to give advice and is very well priced! Yo...

yeah, definately checked that (I was doubting myself!). Strobe is on No1.

Hi Rich, I'll give this a go......I have a stupid question though (in fact two stupid questions!): 1) How do you know what length of rod to use (to short won't hit and too long will not be TDC?) Do I drill te center out an old plug and let the rod slide through the hole as the piston comes up, then ...

Hi Bones, The timing pulley is marked with white paint in two positions - one I believe to be TDC, the second looks like about 6 deg. It's a standard pulley wheel I'm running. Tickover at the moment is about 1000-1100rpm. It won't go any lower than this.....it just gets really rough and dies. If I m...

OK...an update on the problem. I have fitted a new distributor cap and rotor arm. I have bypassed the ballast resistor completely and I am running the coil with +ve 12v supply direct from the battery. I have disconnected the vac advance from the carb to the distributor. The car nows runs, but when I...

true......we can get to our spark plugs......but like Ian (that made me laugh Ian).......I also have the burns and scars from being a bit too impatient in trying to get them out! As a matter of interest, which plugs would you guys recommend? Ian....you might be right.....it might just be possible. I...

OK guys, thanks again for the advice. I spoke with H&H - very helpful guy. He said the same as you guys, that the best thing to do is to just ditch the ballast resistor and bypass it. He also said that the Opus distributor set up was pretty unreliable and prone to all sorts of problems. He could sup...

OK, I spoke with Rimmer Bros (thanks for the info). They have stated that they have the ballast resistor, but couldn't tell me if it should show 12V at the +ve side of the coil (so I don't really know if mine is knackered or not). They also said that they don't have any special ignition coils for th...

Chris, I'm confused.........should I be buying a new coil or ballast resistor then, or do I change the whole lot for something more modern like you said (if so - do I need to change distributors etc?). Do you think the fact that I'm only getting 4.5v at the coil +ve side means the resistor is knacke...

When I turn the ignition on, I only have 4.5v at the positive side of the coil (with the connector in the SW+ terminal).

Do you mean the unit in the picture is a ballast resistor - I thought it was some kind of electronic ignition module!

one other question..... you will see on the pic above of the ignition module that there are two connectors on the left hand side. The top one is in the right place and seems to be the wire that is giving out 4.5v the bottom connector is the 12v feed in (I have checked and I am getting 12v at this wi...

OK, to answer some of the toher questions I missed......... Have you checked that the dizzy cap is clean,not cracked between poles, yes - it's new and hardly used. the leads are in good condition and not furred up/corroded - pretty new also and no sign of corrosion Have you changed the rotor arm/cle...

OK - hopefully this will work. This should be a pic of the distributor internals and the module I have.



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OK, Thanks for all the questions: 1) the coil I have is a Power Train Electronic Ignition Coil - the car has run with this unit before, but I did swap it incase there is a problem. 2) The battery is brand new and seems to have plenty of power (its continually been cranking the car trying to get it g...