Had no joy with my Accuspark

[fistfullofV5's]

Hi all,lately after many other jobs I've got to the exciting part where I get to start my Firenza for the first time in years,but it hasn't gone as smoothly as I'd have liked. Firstly the starter waved the white flag so I dug deep and bought a Wosp reduction gear unit. Then the float valves got stuck and needed some persuasion to fill the float bowls,hey ho so that was done. Still wouldn't start so I checked the timing again and made sure the dizzy was installed correctly and all looked well. All I was getting was a slight splutter and then nothing. Then my spark disappeared altogether. Problem is that I bought my Accuspark stealth module at the NEC a few years back but never got round to trying it till now so any warranty is out and it appears I bought a dud. I had moved the feed to D5 on the fuse box to bypass the ballast wire and fitted a 12v Accuspark coil but the car's not having any of it. I know that many have fitted them with no issues and I guess I've just been unlucky. I've sort of lost faith in the stealth/dizzy setup after all this so I'm going to fit a megajolt unit that I've seen running on my girlfriends Mini and bypass the dizzy altogther.
Wish me luck, Dave.

[viva boy]

[droopsnoot]

Keep us posted on that - I've been considering something like Megajolt to get rid of the random advance, and to take into account that with Dellortos I can't easily connect the vacuum advance.

[Paul Dawson]

I'd be interested to see how this works out for you. I've never fitted a Megajolt.

[fistfullofV5's]

Hi all, I'll start a thread to chart my progress with the installation or the megajolt system and post some pics along the way. Have ordered my trigger wheel from http://www.triggerwheels.com today so the job of fabricating mounts for that and the pick up sensor can start when it arrives. I'll include as much detail as I can think of regarding the wiring and bracket measurements.
Regards,Dave

[chrismc]

I'll look forward to seeing how you get on .