pinky Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 On returning from irland I noticed the car wasn't running so well after an inspection I noticed that that the centre pin of the distributer had burnt away, this is probably due to some sort of electrical resistance after doing some reading on the subject I noted that the distributer rotor has a resistor set into it, could this be the cause of the problem cheers pink Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 I have not had a problem with the Bosch caps but I did have a rotor arm completely self-destruct last year. I found that it was a common problem with some of the rotor arms but never tracked down the exact cause. So I just make sure I always have a spare cap and rotor in the trunk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monty Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Use Distributor Doctor for all your ignition bits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tim hunt Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 Sorry to hear of your problem pink. I have had a 123 set up on my 4A for over nine years now. It has never given the slightest problem - I changed the distributor cap and rotor arm after about 40,000 miles, just as a precaution, both still looked in good condition and I have them in the boot as emergency spares. the central e;pectrode in the cap was slightly worn but otherwise perfectly OK. I suggest you contact 123 ignition in The Netherlands direct, I did this with some queries before I bought my kit and found Albert very helpful. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 +1 I found that the rotor cap had lost the locating lug on the inside Contacted 123 in Holland and they e-mailed the rotor cap details. Found them on the net quite economically Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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