V8 distributor needed!

Philippe Holland

Philippe Holland

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Hello,
Latest horror discovery was to find my timing set to around 26°btdc at tickover only to advance to 26° at high engine speed...hence no advance at all!
The vacuum advance is dead and the centrifugal advance seized solid. The distributor is soaking nicely in WD40 over the weekend.....
Does anyone have a good used distributor for sale if I cannot free up my one? Funds cannot stretch to a Mallory at the moment.
Also, I asked once before...Has anyone fitted an OPUS 35DE8 distributor to a P6? The power amp is included in the body but there are two, not one wire to hook up. Can anyone tell me which wire goes where?
As always many thanks for the input, Philippe
 
If you're referring to the electronic system fitted to the early SD1, if I remember correctly "OPUS" is a spelling mistake, it should be "HOPELESS"
 
It cost less than the price of a new dizzy cap and came with a new dizzy cap...so was not such a bad deal....I know they have a reputation of being cr*p but I thought that it could have been a cheap way of getting electronic ignition...Maybe I can strip it down and re-use it with points...I'll have a play when I'm bored one night...However I am still on the look out for a good used dizzy...offers anyone?
 
I Believe i'm right in saying that you will have to change the entire timing cover if fitting SD1 dizzy as oil pump drive is different.
The two wires will go straight to the coil but then you will need to upgrade the coil itself and also remove any ballast on the primary circuit if present.
Go Lumenition instead on a regular distributor preferably with the same part number as your original
 
rich j said:
I Believe i'm right in saying that you will have to change the entire timing cover if fitting SD1 dizzy as oil pump drive is different.
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I think you could fit the P6 distributor drive gear to the bottom of the SD1 distributor if you were desperate to fit it.
 
The OPUS dizzy fitted without problems. I believe they changed the gear drive in '77 and my dizzy is stamped '76. I never found out the source of my engine (the engine number never matched the 8.13 CR).
My original points dizzy dates it to may '72 (1872 stamped on the body) so maybe had the drive swapped over when the replacement engine was fitted.
I believe I need to run a 12v source to the positive side of the coil to make it work....(see ebay link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws....1&rd=1)
If anyone can confirm this, I would be most grateful.
Also, if anyone does have a good used points dizzy, please let me know! Thanks, Philippe
 
Webmaster, you are a star! Thank you very much.
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Thanks again,
Philippe
 
Your welcome.
I've changed them to links so you (or anybody who needs them) can get them later.
Good Luck !
 
harveyp6 said:
rich j said:
I Believe i'm right in saying that you will have to change the entire timing cover if fitting SD1 dizzy as oil pump drive is different.
Click to expand...
I think you could fit the P6 distributor drive gear to the bottom of the SD1 distributor if you were desperate to fit it.
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the driven oil pump gears have different ends (p6 has slot, sd1 has a flat).

Also the p6 gear is shallower but you used to be able to buy a spacer that fits onto the oil pump to allow fitting of SD1 deeper gears with P6 timing cover.

I have sd1 cover with p6 distributor. This needs the distributor shaft to be shortened and then the sd1 gear fitted.

The shortening involves cutting off the slot drive so it cannot be reverted to drive p6 oil pump - the flat that fits in the oil pump gear slot is the bit you need to cut off.
 
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