Tweaker351 148 Posted October 19, 2014 Hey guys the xd has been playing up a bit recently After driving for more than 30 mins sometimes it will just cut out and wont start again till it cools down a bit or just whenever it wants to fire up again.... Now before you ask its not a fuel problem, ive checked all that. So my next line of thought was maybe coil, so bought a new one and in the process of mucking around with it all ive taken the dizzy cap off and am a bit confused about the carbon bit in the middle that contacts to the rotor button...... In all the other dizzys ive played with the carbon bit(or whatever it is) sticks out a bit and is spring loaded so obviously has pressure on the rotor button at all times. Ive noticed on mine it is only just flush with the outside surround, but can still be pushed up inside a little bit from the spring. So my question is this normal? Has anyone got any pics of their MSD Pro Billet dizzy caps they can show me? Im hoping this might be the problem lol, lot cheaper than a new 6al box etc..... Oh and all this had only done max 1500k's since being installed so shouldn't really be worn out yet? Thanks all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRO250 1,506 Posted October 19, 2014 Id say its the pickup in the dissyMine did it and ive replaced it and all good again. Mine died at 10km again at 120 and then craped itself totally at 800km There is a way to test your MSD box, you lift the coil wire and hold it across the coil so it can just a spark and unplug the pickup trigger wire and with the key on loop the 2 together as in strike it across the 2 and the coil will jump a spark if this works the box is ok its the pickupTo test the pick up you messure oms if its over 800 I think its ok under its dead replace it, you will find they just come back to life mine did a few times Nothing else goes worng with the dissy itself if the box is ok replace the pickup 1 XTREME KARTS XF reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reddo 0 Posted October 19, 2014 I'll be a plus one on the pick up, mine give me trouble for 2 months before i worked it out, when you replace it make sure you have the magnet underneath the right way around and the gap is right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olive Xm 34 Posted October 19, 2014 My MSD Dizzy cap is the same, it seems to wear that centre contact quite quickly. The original Bosch Dizzy cap used to last forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tweaker351 148 Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks guys, well then I will grab a new pick up for it and see how she goes Its just a pain in the arse gremlin that I want to fix coz im too scared to drive it too far at the moment. Need her to be reliable for the nice weather coming up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Coates 7 Posted December 12, 2016 Hey did the new pickup in the distributor fix this. My car has the same issue it cuts out and wont restart. If you leave it for 5 mins or so it just starts back up just fine. It has a new coil, cap & rotor. I'm in the same situation i don't want to drive it far as i cant trust it at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites