I'll second that, Ted Cross is his name and he runs the 123 distributorship (no pun intended) from his home after hours. I got a 123 for my brother Gareth's car, and he got the cap fitted incorrectly and broke it. After being quoted around the $100 mark by a retailer for a genuine Bosch replacement, Ted offered a new one at no cost because he hadn't got it running yet.

Definitely a good bloke, heartily recommended for anyone thinking that a 123 might be a good idea

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Went and saw ted last night. he swapped the dizzy for a brand new one with the standard cap, no questions asked. Very helpful. He will now investigate the cap situation and sort that out and I have the dizzy ready to go on the car tonight. Ted said he is thinking of getting a mini.

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Flute - 68 MK I Cooper S
Member: VMCI #2474
Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

I hope you pointed him in our direction?! Handy guy to have hanging around.

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yeah, he knows about ausmini and he advertises in TME each month.

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Flute - 68 MK I Cooper S
Member: VMCI #2474
Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

Flute, I think you should have a read of this: http://www.tdcperformance.ca/pdfs/rightangle.pdf

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Permit me to be frank here, but f*ck that! If I spend $500 on a distributor I do not want to to have to break out the dremel to cut a slot in it so I can fit the dizzy cap the right way Supply the right part for the right application!

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

i know what you mean, but i don't think there is a 90° cap that will fit without modification

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Rover 214 atm ....

There's no need for a right-angle cap in any case. When I fitted mine, I was advised that I may have trouble with clearance between the plug leads' exit from the cap and the grille on a roundy. It turns out that with 90° plug leads there's still an inch between leads and grille.. whereas with the Lucas dizzy I always had trouble with the leads being grazed by the grille.

In a Leyland there's acres of space. No need for the right-angle cap on a Mini, period.

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

A straight cap and 90° plug leads is way less hassle than angled caps, IMO.
Less wet weather problems too.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Well, at long last (and after driving a clubby for a week which was very luxurious!) the roundie is back on the road. I stuffed around with this for days and finally worked out the drive was the wrong way around becasue it just wouldn't fire. Instead of pulling the spindle out of the engine and reversing it I took the spring off the 123, used a hole punch to take out the pin and reversed the drive. Put it back in, got a green light on No.1 at TDC and away she goes! Thanks everyone for your on going support while I stuffed around with this. Thanks SGC for the time on the phone answering my questions. The car runs great now.

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Flute - 68 MK I Cooper S
Member: VMCI #2474
Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

Woohoo , well done Jim , good to hear it's setup and behaving .

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