Well, have been slowly but surely getting a heap of jobs done on the new ra28. It has an 18rgu (converted back to twin solex carbs) at the moment which im just using basically to mave the car around etc until i get it up to a level where i can put the 1g-gte in.
Anyway, the engine is hard to start and is not running particularly well. Huge flat spot and not a really strong spark.
Have been looking over the wiring cos the previous owner has done some interesting things to the ignition. For example, two kill switches that light up! Its kind of like really tacky and cheap 'poor mans rice' mods.
I am noticing that the positive side of the coil is not getting 12v. In fact its only about 5v. On the odd occasion the positive side is getting 12v. There is a rectangle unit that sits on the coil with what seems like an element in it that is getting 12v at both sides.
The negative side of the coil is reading 12v also.
The Wiring looks correct at the coil level, however something seems a little suss. Iam also not to confident about the quality and life of the batt.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Should the neg side be getting 12v? What is the unit mounted on the coil designed to do?
Fri, 10 September 2004 05:35
