My Distributor Failed And Left Me Stranded! Let's Fix It!

G'day everyone - well in this video my dizzy failed and left me stranded near a mates place - luckily said mate had a huuuuuuuge shed with all the trimmings and was able to get me back on the road in no time!
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Hi, I'm Marc and this is Meatball Garage! Keep up with all the tinkering and maintenance on my Hyundai i30 (Hyundai Elantra) Holden VE Calais V8 (Pontiac G8 or Chevy SS) And my 1970 Ford XW Fairmont 351 Cleveland V8.
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[@MeatballGarage]

G'day everyone! It has been a long time between drinks so thanks for sticking around! Huuuuge thanks to Rod for coming to the rescue in getting the XW back on the road! The fix has worked beautifully but I now have an ICE ignition system on my shopping list. Hope you enjoy! Cheers - Marc

[@wayneclements7202]

Absolutely Great to have you back and seeing the XW again. Thanks

[@MeatballGarage]

Cheers Wayne! Thanks for sticking around mate and yep it's been nice to be working on the XW again - looking forward to sharing the latest lot of failures with everyone!! Cheers mate!

[@gmskippy]

Glad to see the result was a good one. Rod is a good bloke. WHAT a shed!😊

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Glenn! Yeah was nice to have a video where there was no stuff ups (aside from the initial kaboom). Rod is a ripper - that shed is amazing! Just needs a couple of project cars to fill it up! Cheers mate and hope you are well!

[@davidscott8926]

Rod - you absolute legend great work indeed 🙂

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Dave - Absolutely!! Saved my backside big time!! Cheers mate hope you enjoyed the vid!

[@Jeremy-kf2zs]

Welcome back Mark, been lacking a bit of X-dub content in my life

[@MeatballGarage]

Cheers Jeremy!! It's been a long time coming. Plenty of XW Stuff happening right now so there will be plenty of videos this year! Cheers mate and thanks for sticking around!

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

If you have a high volume or high pressure oil pump installed... replace it with a standard one. I had roll pin shearing and excessive gear wear issue on my Cleveland in the past. It happened three times within about 3k miles. I removed the high volume pump and installed a standard one. It has not happened since and that was about 17-18 years ago now.

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Mike! Nah she is a standard oil pump - I have the build sheet from the original owner and its just a normal one (it's a pretty mild build overall). Good to know about the issues with the high volume ones - seems like you have a pretty rough time with yours all those years ago! But 18 years trouble free sounds fantastic! Cheers mate, thanks for watching and for the info!!

[@glennstankevicius9895]

Great to see you back! I was on the verge of unsubscribing on my next KZbin purge.

[@MeatballGarage]

Cheers Glenn! Cheers for sticking around mate! Ah no worries if I nearly missed the cut! 2023 life took priority over cars but we are back this year with a few things on the go! Hope you enjoyed this one - cheers!

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day mate! Cheers! Yeah I hear ya with going back to what is simple, especially if it just works and sounds like you got your mate out of trouble@ I still reckon i'll end up with something a bit more beefy down the track though. Cheers mate!

[@markbehr88]

Top bloke and top workshop.

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Mark! Yep very lucky to break down near Rod and that magnificent workshop! Hope you enjoyed the video! Few more XW vids in the works! Cheers!

[@markbehr88]

@@MeatballGarage Thanks. I look forward to them 👍👍

[@job1bf]

we went thru 3 of those dizzies in the span of a year. The electronics inside failed in all of them. Upgraded to a FAST unit...no issues since.

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Job1bf - Fairdinkum? 3 of them stuff up in 12 months? That is pretty poor and some bad luck too! I have had 10 years out of mine until it did this so am feeling slightly better about life now! Was the FAST unit just the controller or include a Dizzy as well? Cheers mate!

[@rogerveal1336]

Tuning my Cleveland at the moment. Have changed to manifold vacuum which pulls another 18 degrees at idle so with 12 initial it's at 30 degrees idling. Seem ok and gives a complete burn as have always had sooty plugs till now. The theory goes that the vacuum advance reduces on acceleration with no vacuum load leaving you with just mechanical.

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Roger! Ahh the old ported vs manifold vac source for the dizzy debate! I reckon this is engine dependant. Mine already idles at about 900rpm with ported (i.e. no vac advance) going through the dizzy. Any more timing and she will be screaming at idle! You are right in that as soon as you put your foot down your vac will decrease and hence your timing will as well - I have read that sometimes that might produce a stumble off idle but if you are all good and it works then happy days! How did your car behave before you made that change? Cheers mate!

[@pm270100]

tooth out VA needs to point to rad

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Bill - did you watch to the end? She is pointing at the rad now instead of fouling against the radiator hose. Either way - we got it going again which was the most important thing. Cheers mate!

[@pm270100]

well done

[@MeatballGarage]

Cheers mate!! 👍👍

[@SuperTambo69]

Rods a great bloke. contact Summit for a refund, they generally pretty good. Plus you would have lost oil pressure a split second.

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day mate! Absolutely - Rod got me out of a sticky situation indeed! As far as a refund from Summit - the dizzy is over 10 years old so might be pushing it - still i'll have a look at their website and see what they say. Thanks for the tip! Cheers mate and hope you enjoyed the vid!

[@kenvandemhoek2543]

A mate looked at one ,4 a clevo, yrs ago & a guy destroyed is & went on line ,my mate didnt get one,sorry 4 ya ,if you,d have known

[@MeatballGarage]

G'day Ken! To be fair this one has lasted 10 years so it's not all bad - in hindsight I should have just bought the whiz bang ICE or 6AL set up - the Aussie $$ was much better then too so would have been way cheaper. Ah well you live and learn. Hope you enjoyed the video mate! Cheers!

[@MichaelBTraveller]

i reckon he needs a hoist

[@MeatballGarage]

Hey mate - he has one tucked away in a corner! That shed is bigger than most new homes built!!