Brilliant explanation there safechav, thanks
I was nodding my head and understood everything until this bit -
Originally Posted by safechav
then its literally a case of run the car up to temperature, connect a timing gun onto the car, disconnect the vacuum pipe from the ECU, tap in the desired timing into the gun, point it at the bottom pully on the engine, and you should a little notch in the pulley wheel against the number marks on the bottom cam belt cover section, which should be inline with the "0", if not adjust the dizzy a bit at a time until it is. When you get it there, tighten the dizzy, re-connect the vacuum pipe to the ecu, and the jobs a good un

Sorry but that's double dutch to me and i fear for my car if i try to do this myself
Is the sensor the only bit of the dizzy that can go faulty? And where would i get a new one from? Is it easy to fit?
As always, thanks for your help