Frank,
What model Isuzu did you pull it from?
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Tinkerers and the rest of the list.
>
> I have accomplished modifying and installing an Isuzu dizzy to work in
> my Sprite.
> This is very similar to the Hitachi dizzy but it fits better, looks
> more stock, and has a clip on cap.
> It has about the same advance curve, a very smooth vacuum advance
> plate riding on small ball bearings so it advances smooth and quick.
> It rotates the correct anti clockwise direction, and the dizzy cap is
> numbered for the plug wires which are in just about the original local
> as the stock Lucas dizzy.
> It is a 2 wire electronic unit. I got mine from a junk yard for $10
> and it took about an hour to modify with a grinder and a drill.
> The shaft has to be cut down and the dizzy case has to be cut by about
> a 1/4" off the bottom. Redrill the shaft for the Lucas drive dog,
> grind the clamp base to fit the Lucas clamp, and it's done.
> I only drove arounf the neighborhood but it works just fine, and it
> seems smoother like the Hitachi but it fits better and looks neater.
> So now you can have an Izzy Dizzy in your Spridget (if you want)
> Why did I do this? Because I just happened to notice the Isuzu dizzy
> was a counter clockwise dizzy and it looked like it would fit. B
> esides, I tried this a year ago only to have a bum electronic unit in
> the dizzy I grabbed from the junk yard and I was not about to be
> defeated.
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