Migwelder advised ( or was it TonyG) that it makes sure that the base plate is firmly earthed, and to check on a multimeter if there is continuous operation and not cracked internally.
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Sorry my bad, the lower half of the base plate is firmly earthed, its the upper half which it grounds, as this is the part which vacuum advances and is on a rotating greased centre.
Possibly wrong, but I thought the pickup grounds on the top half of the base plate.
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C B A D is correct. Viewing the rotor from above it turns anti clock, but it get confusing when looking "into" the cap as now that view is clockwise. Tab is No1 and then Clockwise from there (as viewed into the cap) Next cylinder is 3 then 4 then 2.
I think you should keep it, to my knowledge your power spark module has a red 12v lead, a black lead which is the coil trigger, but is still grounded (-12v) to the base plate.
Hopefully someone will confirm or put me right.
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Mahesh wrote:I think you should keep it, to my knowledge your power spark module has a red 12v lead, a black lead which is the coil trigger, but is still grounded (-12v) to the base plate.
Hopefully someone will confirm or put me right.
OK - so what is the little wire connected to then...one of the two screws holding the electronic block to the dizzy?
And does it need the bare wire re-covering?
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When I took mine apart, it was secured by one of the two screws holding the lower part of the base plate to the dizzy body, and the other end
on the top part of the base plate.
It is braided cable, so roughly around 2.5 times the surface coverage of similar stranded cable, but more flexible as it is a round braid as opposed
to a flat braid.
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Mahesh wrote:When I took mine apart, it was secured by one of the two screws holding the lower part of the base plate to the dizzy body, and the other end
on the top part of the base plate.
So it's fastened to the bit the red block sits on in the top picture?
Mahesh wrote:It is braided cable, so roughly around 2.5 times the surface coverage of similar stranded cable, but more flexible as it is a round braid as opposed
to a flat braid.
Sorry, I'm a Mechanical Engineer, that statement means nothing to me does it need covering or not?
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No its an earth wire and needs no insulation other than for mechanical protection, which is why its sleeved in some dissies.
It would have gone to the condensor base plate. You need it or your module may not earth out correctly.
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