DaveJB

lol Guess I'll need a new dizzy then

rs220bhp

Possibly mate. I can supply you a dizzy if needed with a sound sensor and its not cable tied on

DaveJB

aye, cable tied sensors suck!

I'm hopefully getting one off a mate locally tomorrow, but if that falls through I'll be contacting you straight away bud

SafeChav

Well if thats not a contributing factor i'll be a blue assed monkey

Cable tied dizzy's look SO shit

theres a company you can buy a nice replacement all in on sensor for your dizzy, gets rid of all those shitty wires and everything, my mate bought one, a 200% improvement over the standard sensor in there!

antony215

Theres also a guy selling brand new ones on ebay for Ł40 which beats paying ford nearly Ł300 for a new one pm me if you want his details and ill dig them out for you

vroooom ptssssh

Nought up with cable tied sensors

SafeChav

Be honest, it does look really cheap and tacky

See far too many show cars like it aswell........

DaveJB

so what's the deal with the cable ties then? Does that sensor clasp break THAT often?

SafeChav

They do break a lot yea, mainly where things get pulled and yanked though......

JesseT

The sensor are around 50e (30Ł) complete and are easily availble, but can be a real pain to change.

vroooom ptssssh

Yea Andy, it does look tacky as fuck i'll agree their!

DaveJB

replacement dizzy fitted last night and it fired up on the first turn of the key and purred like a kitten

then it cut out me thinks i need to check the ignition timing and also for air leaks. Nevermind, at least I know I've replaced something that was properly fooked for something that works

SafeChav

LOL

Get it timed up before you do too much else! Just a thought - is the fuel pump running

DaveJB

aye, buzzes like a trooper. Ran fine before the dizzy was replaced so I'm not too worried. I'll take a look at it tonight

SafeChav

Just wondered because the fuel pump relay relies on LT ignition signals to operate.

The way u said it fired up and then died straight away made me think it might of used up the residual pressure in the fuel line and then cut out.

The pump shouldnt be very loud btw, if it is, its worn and will be on its way out.

DaveJB

lol, I knew as soon as I typed it it'd sound like it's overly loud- it's not

The car was fine on 'warm idle' and when revved it's just when it was left to idle of its own accord. My trusty ford-loving friend is bringing a taser gun to time it up with tonight, so we'll how I get on from there

SafeChav

When you leave it to idle it cuts out?

How long does it take to do this?

DaveJB

hmm, minutes... maybe 5? Starts again first time on the turn of the key...then idles for about 20-30 seconds and then goes lower and lower until it cuts out

SafeChav

Air leak i reckon!

My cabriolet was a FUCKING nightmare when i first converted it! If you left it idling, when the cooling fan cut in it would try and kill itself, after so many times it would just cut out! Then when you restarted the alternator belt squealed like a slag!

All because of an air leak!

DaveJB

well I did have a dV fitted; and wasn't sure whether that was causing the problem, so i removed DV; used a bit of broom handle as a bung and refitted the vacumn feed to the inlet. When it was restarted I thought I could hear a hissing, but I was so chuffed that it was running again and didn't really investigate further; it's very possible I've pulled the other end of the vacumn hose out of wherever it goes to

nvrmind. its a beautiful afternoon so I won't mind being outside playing

SafeChav

They do hiss from the idle adjustment screw quite badly!

Check for air leaks though, i'd say thats your problem

DaveJB

Now had it all timed up, idle screw adjusted and it purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs Jus need to drive the thing now to make sure it's OK.