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I think I'll whip the dizzy out again and reset the points. By the way, the condenser in mine is inside the body of the distributor, not outside as shown in the Haynes. It seems like a strange mixture of the one shown in the main part, and the electronic one shown in the amends section at the...

That makes sense. I've no feeler guages, so I just took a punt at it. Will it be a case of rotating the dizzy a few degrees while engine running till it smooths out? Or d'you think I'd be better off getting in there with some feelers?

Just bunged some new points and a condenser in. Stays running now, so I guess that was it. Thanks guys! But... Now it idles and runs like a bag of spanners, there's a noticable metallic clunk I can't locate. Is this likely to be a timing problem due to inexpertly installed new bits?

Frank Ahh... So, it's the jobbie that supposedly stops arcing across the points? How does it stop the ignition spark when it's ######ed then? (Showing my ignorance there, but I like to understand things..) This being the case, if it's duff would new points be in order too d'you think?

Earth on the battery checks out OK. Coil wiring checks out OK for continuity and resistance (Coil is new, yet still get same symptoms as with old one, which was not OK for resistance etc) frank & superls: Thanks.. now to show my ignorance... Is that the thingy that Haynes call the ballast...

Hi Never had a serious problem with my 19 yr old K10 before BUT..... Recently started conking out after 5-10 minutes, refusing to re-start until 20 minutes later (fuel OK, fuel filter OK [replaced anyway] HT leads new, dizzy cap new, rotor new, plugs no more than 250 miles on them. When...