If I use the 16V dizzy, surely it needs some sort of electrical input going to it (the black plug) which is what I thought the blue plug (8V) does at the moment coming from the amplifier.
Or are you saying that I would cut the blue plug off and put a 4 pin plug on and connect to the 4 pin minitimer on the MBE unit ?
Once again appologies for not grasping this subject fully
the blue plug wont play a part in the MBE setup. you wont need it and it wont be in the loom.
its actually an output for the ecu to know TDC point....crank sensor gives this info now and the mbe uses only that.
the 4 pin amplifier i am on about it purely for the coil and its labelled as 1 in your photo
ps whats that blue canister thing between the battery and coil? oil catch? looks good
£8!! nice!
the 4 pin goes onto your existing part no 1 in your piccy mate
it sounds like all you will be doing is taking the wiring loom and ecu out and plugging in the MBE loom and ecu. leave everything else as is and we can sort out any issues if they arise
Right, I've just disconnected the plug on the Siemens unit (No 1 in pic) and it is a 7 pin connection (only 6 being used on existing plug). On the plug that I disconnected 3 wires go to the blue plug on the (8v) dizzy & 3 wires go into my loom on the Westfield.
Darren
p.s. The Sigg bottles can be found in any outdoor centre (which being up-north you must have many lmao ) Get the ones with the drinking cap on as these pop-up so you can use them as a vent
I've got a Calibra 16V sitting on my drive I took the Bosch (16V) distributor off of it, so will the amplifier off the Calibra be the one that I need ?
p.s. Do you need anything !! (Don't say engine or head though )
No Rob that was the first site I looked at after an extensive search of MBE's on the net. It looks like a different unit as the wiring pins are completely different to mine.
Just thought, if the wires going to the old dizzy are not used can I not just cut the minitimer plug off the MBE loom and cut the lower wire (in pic) on the Siemens unit and connect the 3 wires up ?
JohnnyB - You're right they are called minitimers for some reason
16Vastra - You're welcome to the box, If I ever get it empty (fit the f**king ECU)
I might have got the answer yesterday. Spoke with MBE and they said that I definately use a coil & amplifier, it is a bosch unit that was fitted to the 16V Astra. I looked at the Calibra last night and found the unit on that looked as they described. It has a 4 pin connection so it looks like the right one
Will take a photo later for confirmation from you intelligent lot lmao
Rob - I haven't connected it to the car yet !! I'm in Chigwell.
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