nieghbor of mine came to me last week as his 88' volvo lost its spark.it had a bosch electric setup and the distributor was stamped 84'.checked the coil.checked the outside modual.they were ok.so the problem had to be the hall pickup on the dist.checked that and there i found the dogs grave.went looking for a dist or pickup availabil.no dice.i found an 83' dist. in a junk yard which had points.i put in new points and cap and rotor and the little round thing,works great now.so i'm saying get a bosch old type dist. or marelli.and drive into the sunset.
--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Les Singh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Les Singh <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Magneti Marelli Failure To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:27 PM The ignition system on the '72 Spider we bought a year ago has failed. When I first checked the car before buying, I wondered why anyone would replace the easily-maintained and reliable non-electronic Bosch system with an electronic one. My opinion is that with electronics it's not a question of IF it will fail but rather WHEN it will fail. Ok, so can anyone help with information about which part of the Marelli system is the most prone to failure and any way of fixing it? Understand that I know zilch about electronics so will have to get someone to fire up the cauldron and create the potion that might help... :-). Les In Wellington, New Zealand Dead Arachnid LS2000 (registration) 2000 GT Veloce being readied for restoration 156 1.8 Twinspark going strong -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
