Dizzy making 'mechanical' noise

**dsp26** · 24-08-2008 08:47 PM

Hi all... dizzy's making a mechanical sorta noise.. guessing it's on it's way out?

Also touching the dizzy cap or the leads gives me a massive shock.. and i don't mean a static shock, like a big shock... twice today my heart actually hurt

could only imagine those things they use in hospital...

dead/dying dizzy?

**CRXer** · 24-08-2008 09:09 PM

hahahha..........sorry for laughing......but welcome to a few thousand volts.

never touch a running ignition system,ask the NRMA guys how many times theyve been belted,btw,any indication of heart pain,worth going to the doc for a checkup,it can cause murmurs.

hows all the ground straps on the motor,including the VC strap?

**dsp26** · 24-08-2008 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by CRXer

hahahha..........sorry for laughing......but welcome to a few thousand volts.

never touch a running ignition system,ask the NRMA guys how many times theyve been belted,btw,any indication of heart pain,worth going to the doc for a checkup,it can cause murmurs.

hows all the ground straps on the motor,including the VC strap?

lol thanks you just reminded me. coz i took my valve cover off today for a respray hence the broken stud too...

bolted down the chassis ground over some paint... gonna go sand it off now and see how it goes... not that i'm keen to touch the ignition system again :/

not kidding though, it ****en hurt like i can't describe.. like a static shock x100!!!!

**fatboyz39** · 24-08-2008 09:22 PM

yeah i heard that yesterday.

**dsp26** · 24-08-2008 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by fatboyz39

yeah i heard that yesterday.

dead dizzy? not slotted into cams properly? don't sound right does it?

**fatboyz39** · 24-08-2008 09:31 PM

just teh bearing inside the dizzy.

**Redlinemotorsport** · 25-08-2008 03:30 PM

dizzy needs a rebuild.

**beeza** · 25-08-2008 04:07 PM

That's what mine could be...I'll post a video

**dsp26** · 25-08-2008 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Redlinemotorsport

dizzy needs a rebuild.

admitedly this is my first dizzy issue on any car i've owned...

this detrimental to performance? will it shit itself later to a point of mechanical failure?

i'm worried coz i'm looking at all my dynographs and i seem to have some sort of breakdown at high rpm from 7200rpm onwards.. really jagged lines.. but it's consistent between the graphs...

i've always known ignition failure to be randomly in the same spot, not exactly the same

**bennjamin** · 25-08-2008 08:33 PM

if its the bearing it will get worse then eventually serize. Look for RED/BROWN dust on teh inside of the dizzy cap.
Generally th bearing cannot be replaced , only a handful of good mechs will actually replace your singular bearing. Most will give you a reco'd unit for more $$$

**dsp26** · 25-08-2008 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by bennjamin

if its the bearing it will get worse then eventually serize. Look for RED/BROWN dust on teh inside of the dizzy cap.
Generally th bearing cannot be replaced , only a handful of good mechs will actually replace your singular bearing. Most will give you a reco'd unit for more $$$

shit.. lucky i already have a source for ignition components.

thanks all.

oh and despite sanding off paint on vc where chassis grounds bolt to i still get a shock touching dizzy plastic.... something scrubbing inside right?