problem solved!!! I tried to buy a new dizzy cap but i couldn't get one over the weekend (c22 vanette screw type) i brought a generic one from supercheap and simply pulled the button out of the new one and put it into mine and hey presto I have top end power again :) :) cheers for the help guys hope this thread helps anyone else having dramas

ill check the vacuum tonight, i love to give my little ute a hard time also, didn't even think about it shaking and rattling things loose

so im up for a new cap and a new rotor? is it easier to replace the whole dizzy?

thanks for the help guys, ive learnt a lot hey :)

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so i had a look at the dizzy, small amount of shaft play when pulled up and down and next to nothing when stationary, the points inside the cap look well worn tho.. ill try and upload a picture

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it already has an electronic dizzy, i meant upgrading to something that can be mapped on a computer

Hi RockOn, im sure it not the clutch set up, because all the issues i was having with it in that respect are gone, dont get me wrong, it was a major headache and i was certain that it was limiting the engine some how but its not.. at least now it shifts smooth as silk haha

i did free rev it all the way out once but the problem sort of comes and goes, especially if i leave it in gear from low rpm and drive it through the rev range (worst in 3rd)

cheers ddgonzal, ill have a check of the dizzy when i get some time and daylight, is it worth marking the outside of the cap to the body so i don't put it back on crooked?

once ive got all this fixed i think im going to look into upgrading the whole ignition system, ive heard putting the work into the spark side helps a lot on dead cold starts also

ok so got my ute back from the clutch shop (spigot bearing had destroyed itself) the car is driving a bit better but still falls on its face at that 4500rpm mark, im going to have a look at the dizzy as rallytwit said.. what exactly should i be looking for? how much is too much shaft slop?

is it easier to replace the dizzy or the parts? (sorry never had to pull one apart before)

im going to drop it down to the clutch shop this arvo, ill post what was wrong with it when i get it back, taking bets on it was something stupid that i did haha

ahh that feeling when you put your car back together and its worse than before

we had a lot of trouble getting the gearbox in, we ended up having to pull it in with the bolts as it wasnt sliding the whole way on.. the guy at the clutch shop later told me i should have just left it because forcing it on is just bad news.

so just today.. i cant keep it running when i pull up, when i press the clutch in there is a crazy whering noise that sounds like a bearing, as i go to take off it runs like a dog then when cruising at 60 in 4th (5speed 60a box) its like shakes the whole car at the end of each cycle of the motor if that makes sense

OK so i think i know what it is, i changed the clutch not long ago (the clutch shop didn't have an alignment tool so i did the best i could in the dirt) and we had a bit of a hard time putting the gearbox back in, i have a feeling that the gearbox isn't perfectly square to the motor, I'm not sure why it only happens above 4500 rpm but i did the out of gear clutch out rev and it revved to 7 grand no worries.

plus there is a heap of new symptoms today that are giving me the #OOPS#s that also point to the gearbox not being straight and the clutch needs to be looked at again