Congratulations!
I too have a '76 which had the Allison like yours. Looks like most had the
original Lucas CIE replaced. 4 wires connecting. Mine still has the old drive
resistor hanging about.
I have replaced mine though due to it's overheating.
Tach is electronic. There is one connector with 2 wires that are on the -ve
side of the coil with the black wire that runs to the Allison box. One of the
wires ran to the Lucas pickup via a connector that is wrapped around the wire
loom the other wire runs to the tach.
My tach is OK and according to the DEQ - very accurate. I had lots of connector
problems on the car when I got it. Best thing is to taken them all of and clean
them all up.
Alan
(See http://www.ftconnect.com/~alemen/spitfire/spitfire.html)
Best pic of module is http://www.ftconnect.com/~alemen/spitfire/0131-5.jpg
My web site needs updated but the pics of the orignal stuff are there like
yours.
Original Message:
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From: Phillip metaz76@earthlink.net
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:33:4 -0400
Subject: IT RUNS!
Today has been a GREAT day! I got to start the Spitfire after it's 10 year
nap, and it sounds good. Now I need to take Jeff's advise and rebuild the
brakes so I can take it for my first ride in a Spitfire.
I do have a few questions now that I have torn into the little car. Can
anyone tell me what the electronic ignition is on a 76 Spit? Here is a
link to what mine looks like,
http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76/ignition.html Is this the correct
ignition module or an after market, I am leaning towards aftermarket. The
handbook says my car has a Lucas 45D4 (Electronic pointless distributor)
but nothing about a module mounted next to the clutch master cylinder.
Second question is about the tach. The second time I started the car the
tach bounced and would not settle. The problem is that this was the only
time that it did this. Is there a possible problem with the tach or is
this a normal thing that happens every so often? I have since started the
car several times and evertime it is smooth and seems to be acurate.
In case anyone is interested I have been maintaing a web site on the
progress of this project.
http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76
Thank in advance for any help. And thanks to all the people that had given
me advise on what to look at and repair when I first got the car, it really
helped a lot!
Phillip
Phillip
metaz76@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~metaz76
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