Hi, same happened to me. Powerspark full dizzy kit, ok at first then misfire bad on motorway and running to hot.. Back to points. Then tried the powerspark points only kit in my bosch dizzy, not as bad but still running hot and slight misfire on motorway. I'm back on points again.
3 blown powerspark modules later I switched to the pertronix & carried a spare but never needed it I also bought the full kit, dizzy, leads, plugs & coil which all worked fine for a few miles but failed a couple of times after going over a speed bump, third time was as I pulled off the grass leaving bus stopover and I blew at least one more wiring it up wrong In the end I ditched the lot, bought a new Bosch blue coil regular plugs a descent set of leads & put pertronix module into my original Bosch dizzy & never had a problem after, always carried a spare module tho I got to TE after static timing to 7.5 & then got help / a crash course at eddies in timing with a proper timing gun! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you've got an early type 1 without the oil cooler in an external doghouse. Doghouse cooler, there's nothing special about #3 or its ignition.
My Powerspark has been going strong for 3 years. Bosch SVDA dizzy. Starts on the button every time and pulls well hot or cold.
Just fitted full powerspark kit - easy to fit, timed up perfect, total transformation from the 009, will see if lasts.::
Tthat's more because the 009 is a pile of Marmite not anything to do with how good or bad the powerspark is .....I personally think powerspark are cheap dizzys and are crap
I've had the pickup for about 5 years now and the only other time ive been stranded in it was when I snapped the clutch cable. since putting this powerspark (if you could call it that) on it, Ive broken down 3 times. last night was the best. lasted less than a mile before eveything went. it was surging and then all of a sudden, on full throttle, it'd only just tick over (and very lumpy at that) sounded as though it was running on 2. lucky i still had my original dizzy so walked home and back and chucked it in. set the timing to best I could do by eye and it fired straightaway. put the strobe on it and it was like having my old friend back again. I'm boxing the lump of junk up now. They have offered all sorts of excuses and possible causes and I've done everything they have said and it still fails. it's rubbish and they can have it back it might have been a duff one but then when someone sells you something as fit and forget, I tend to hope that it is. I do about 10 or 15k a year in the pickup as I use it for work so I need it to be reliable. The powerspark unit i bought has shown that it's not up to the job. I know there are people that swear by them but Powerspark have already had the unit back for "testing" and said it was fine and since then it's broken down twice more. each time, the interval between breakdowns has gotten less. Powerspark have said that they will test the item again and see about a refund if it is faulty. Ive already said that I don't want the item anymore as i cant rely on it. should have spent the money on some bling
I bought an Accuspark dizzy a couple of years ago, so cannot comment specifically on Powerspark, but initially I did have some issues with misfire until I changed the coil to an Accuspark one (which I got at the same time as the dizzy but didn't fit as the Bosch coil was new). Anyway after fitting the new coil I have had no issues. Just a thought...
yup tried that... I bought the full set. trust me, I've done everything, it's just goosed. swapped over caps, leads, coil, and it's still junk annoyingly, it ran like a sewign machine with the point back on
Well each to their own but I expect most people have had good and bad experiences with most brands, before the 009 I had a Petronix which failed after 6 months ...
Am I the first to suggest a 123 Ignition? Pricey, but genuinely fit and forget (as opposed to the usual MO of fit, trouble, head scratch, put original back on and bin the Chinese rubbish).
It's a throw away society we live in ... I work in engineering and know a thing about how much stuff costs to get manufactured .... quality costs money ...be it a car or a dizzy ... a refurbed genuine Bosch with points or a electronic module will be perfect ... spunking £300 on a 123 dizzy is fine but it's a lot of money and won't be any better than decent set up points ... you could do what modern cars use and go mega jolt route .... which is crank fire sensor .....
Another alternative is to strip and clean your existing distributor. Not that difficult, and after a good scrub and lube they're as good as new. Then slap a Pertronix in it. I'd rather refurb something made in Stuttgart that something made in a Chinese shed.
Hi, yes. All set and checked many times throughout this year, but with some uncertainty to the correct setting.. Thanks for asking. I won't hijack this thread, but If you're intrigued to what I've done, have a look at my thread. http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/t25-watercooled-spark-plugs-in-my-t2-2-0-0-help.72250/
my powerspark just died after about 12000 miles, points fitted back into my bosch distributor. it was the 64.95 one off ebay, with coil too Sent from my ELE-L09 using Tapatalk
It seems that Accuspark, Powerspark and probably Pertronix all now use this "adaptive dwell" module design that seems to have an issue with getting the distributor hot. At which point it starts messing around but quite often recovers every time it cools down again, although some seem to drift off once they have started . Back in the past with a simpler sensor and switch type of electronics you ran the risk of frying the coil or the module when the engine stopped, but it did not have this failure at high temperature. E.g an older Pertronix Ignitor without a version number type of modules, or a Hall effect sensor in the distributor like some buses. And I am not yet 100% convinced that if you get a 123 as hot as a failing electronic module, that it will not also start to malfunction. At the moment I am back on points, but I am going to try an Accuspark that failed hot, but with only its Hall effect sensor in the distributor, and the module put on a heatsink outside.
