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Diagnostic socket?
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:36 pm
by bren
Does anybody know the true purpose of the socket? It's the one with the cover that unscrews. My SD1 was previously a 2300 which now has a V8, however when I looked at mine the wires had been cut.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:54 am
by john 215
Hi,
I was a tech a BL,Austin Rover and finaly Rover dealership through the 80s and 90s. We could plug our Crypton engine analyser into it via a interface and could do ignition timimg (also had to put a additional probe in a housing if i remenber correctly
) and rpm.
Cheers John.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:55 am
by ChrisJC
Do yo mean down by the crankshaft pulley? (or at least, the wires go down there)
If so, that's to set the timing up.
Chris.
Re: Diagnostic socket?
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:21 pm
by ramon alban
bren wrote:Does anybody know the true purpose of the socket? It's the one with the cover that unscrews. My SD1 was previously a 2300 which now has a V8, however when I looked at mine the wires had been cut.
There is a little nipple on the front pully that passes a sensor, nearby, that send a signal to the socket. the coil negative also goes to the socket so its possible for a custom analyser to measure the relationship between the actual ign timing (coil) and TDC (sensor) and to thereby make accurate adjustments..
I guess it would also be possible for the analyser to check the ferocity of each spark/timing from the dizzy to measure coil effectiveness.