On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Hope Peter wrote:
:> I am in need of a new ignition coil and a new flasher unit for a 1961 IIA
:> 88. Are these items available (under some part number and
:> manufacturer I'm
:> sure some one is bound to tell me) from the local NAPA or
:> Autozone. I don't
:> really feel like ordering $20 worth of parts from across the country if I
:> don't have to. Thanks for your input.
:>
:> Matthew Kohr
:
:
:Matt, I replaced both the hazard and signal flashers with standard flasher
:units available from NAPA.
The signal flashers in my rovers have been 550s, standard three terminal
thing, thermo-mechanical and everything. Probably used in 25% of the
vehicles ever built. You can get all-electronic replacements that do
silly things like continue to flash when one of the bulbs fails. You might
yank the old one and take it to the FLAPS with you.
:For the coil, you can use a standard one, but it may cause the points to
:burn out quicker then normal, I don't know. I had an Accel 60k one in a 66
:spitfire for over a year without problem.
The OVLR alternate parts list lists it as a lucas HA 12. If they can't get
a cross for that, tell 'em you've got an MGB.
-- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad.
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