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General Baxter
02-01-05, 02:20 PM
ok then i have no idea what this is
its got siemens written on it, thats all i now, could it be something todo with the auto choke of the old carb?
its on the expansion tank!
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2370
General Baxter
02-01-05, 02:38 PM
what it do?
can i get rid of it? then hit it with a hammer?
General Baxter
02-01-05, 02:51 PM
as it says on the box
90-214-123
made in germany
siemens
5wk2 122
12vels-i-42y4
it has 2 x 3pin plugs at the bottom
it's a bomb. don't cut the green one.... or is it the green one you should cut??
what ya mean theres no green one!!!
General Baxter
02-01-05, 05:01 PM
there is a green and blue wire on it lol
i think it could be a bomb
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/PhotoPost/data/500/126IM000137-med.JPG
its not a rev limiter is it ?? i ent got a clue just guessing
General Baxter
02-01-05, 05:07 PM
how would i know if its a limiter, when im asking you lot what it is :wink: :lol:
did you try running it with it on??
General Baxter
02-01-05, 05:36 PM
it has allways been on!
i would try and make it work with out it on, but i dont think it would as there a 3 wires blue/brown/white going into the dissy :( :?
had it got another plug to attatch it to the rest of the loom ??
david dixon
02-01-05, 05:52 PM
sounds like a rev limiter or a spark enhancer!
General Baxter
02-01-05, 05:53 PM
what you see in tho photo is whats there
the wire going to the coil is going to the black wire on the coil is thats any help :?
the wires comming from the dissy only go in to the box and dont go to the cars loom :?
i recon a rev limiter then, altho i have never seen one like that before.
david dixon
02-01-05, 05:56 PM
there again it could be running your ignition timing, iv seen it before on vauxhall engines, mk2 cav 1.6 carb engines have something like that!
what you recon thats like en electronic advance thingy lol, instead of vacume advance
General Baxter
02-01-05, 06:06 PM
where it goes into the car
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2373
david dixon
02-01-05, 06:09 PM
is your vacume t-pieced into anywhere or not?
think that box is controlling your advance!
lol its bin nicely bodged in what ever it is
General Baxter
02-01-05, 06:11 PM
is your vacume t-pieced into anywhere or not?
think that box is controlling your advance!
just goes from the pump, to the thingy with the screw to the carb, :?
david dixon
02-01-05, 06:15 PM
Yeah its got to be something to do with the dizzy timing! sure of it.
why not just disconnect it and see what happens? :?: :?
General Baxter
02-01-05, 09:24 PM
im going to rip the hole loom out and start again!
i have connectors for 8 yes 8 horns :?
maxpaine
02-01-05, 09:31 PM
what carb do you have? and its that egine original on that car?
General Baxter
02-01-05, 09:38 PM
has orginal engine
it did have an auto choke carb, but i swaped it for a webber 32/34
lol, you wont need to paint the engine bay
already looking a bit yellowy orange. bargain
why not just disconnect it and see what happens? :?: :?
i'd go with his option, take it out carefully an see if it runs ok if it doesn't put it back in an leave it in!
Aragorn
03-01-05, 01:14 AM
its an ignition controller from a mk3 cav carb
prolly doing the job of the ignition module would do normally or helping set the advance retard curve depending on temperature etc
sounds liek someones bodged in a loom from a cav for some reason
General Baxter
03-01-05, 01:20 AM
why do i have it then?
sounds liek someones bodged in a loom from a cav for some reason
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