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SIII 109" 2.25 Petrol Ex Mil Eating Points
bmthgooner:
Help
My SIII keeps eating points.
Changed: Coil, plugs, points (13 so far!) Dizzy Cap, rotor arm & HT leads
Tried 2 different dizzys, same fault so back to the original.
Although it's Ex MOD it was converted to 12v and apparently it turns out to be a Lightweight engine.
The annoying thing was I spent ages doing timing and gapping tappets the motor was running sweet as the proverbial for 4 months before this.
People you gotta help "the boss" sez I gotta get rid of it, and after 20 years waiting to get a rover, I'm not wanting to let it go
mark.yellow.series.3:
fit a luminition 8)
hobbit:
Lightweight engine?
Its the same engine in the series 2a/3 civvie as in the military, on 12v identical, 24v were fitted in the military ones ligtweight or standards series ffr's, early were 3 bearing later 5 bearing.
Try checking the voltages through the points, perhaps it may be too high, was the whole of the electrics changed to 12v?
Or does it still have a massive alternator on the upper drivers side of the engine.
Les Brock:
Change the condensor, that will "normally" cure the problem :D
bmthgooner:
Definately 12v, 24 generator holes are there, but it isn't.
Was trying to find out if it was 3 or 5 bearing when doing timing. Using engine number, that's how I found it was lightweight engine.
Ex FFR btw
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