Urgent help needed; rattling noise
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Ive just finished fitting the rest of my megajolt bits, and it started up great, was all working nicely, then took ignition coil off and dizzy out, and it worked fine for a few seconds then a rattling noise, so I switched it off, had a look around, nothing had come loose, so i tried it again and the same thing happened.

I thought a piece of the distributor might still be in the gearbox? It came out with the shaft on the end but I don't know how it all works inside the gearbox casing..

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks

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Did you remeber to remove the dizzy drive shaft?

It's not fixed to the end of the dizzy. It needs to removed seperately :(

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Thanks for the quick reply,

If it isnt attached then no.. :/

By trying to start it will I have dislodged it? How would you normally go about taking it off?

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I think it has a threaded hole in it. 5/16 unf iirc

Edited by shellspeed on 21st Mar, 2012.

Hopefully it'll come out in one piece :/

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Sorry, in what?

How do I get to the dizzy drive? Is it on the front of the engine? On the block? Gearbox?

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5/16" UNF (use one of the long rocker cover studs or left hand radiator to mounting bracket bolts) but if it has run enough to have jumped out of its lower bearing you are f**ked - you will need to separate the engine/gearbox to recover the bits and assess the damage.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

It's where the dizzy was (or maybe not any more....)

The round hole in the front of the block would have had a large circular bit with an offset slot. In the centre of the offset slot is the 5/16" threaded hole.

If it jumped out of its lower bearing it's now mangled in the gearbox.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

This is for an A+ engine?

All I can see at the moment, is my dipstick, the threaded hole for the dizzy retaining bracket, the dizzy blanking plug and a large nut to the left of that.

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Take the blanking plug off - you should be able to see the drive at the bottom of opening. The centre of the drive has a threaded hole the othere note to aid removal.

Thanks a lot guys, once again the people of turbo inks save the day

I'd left the drive in, and as it turns out, the rad mounting bolt is perfect for getting it out.

Thanks again

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Lucky fucker

Yes i moved to the darkside

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On 21st Mar, 2012 Brett said:
Lucky fucker

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Megajolt to megalucky

i thought on the a+ it was impossible to drop it into the gearbox? im always carfull when i remove it anyway. glad itworked out ok though

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Yes, massive sigh of relief when i saw the drive still in the hole..

Still, had my fair share of problems with the rest of the install

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Note to self: if engine makes a rattling metallic noise, find problem before attempting to start the again again.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

And the drive was complete? Not teeth missing?

I did the very same thing in my 998 - the drive got chewed a little and a few teeth ended up in the oil/gearbox.

The dizzy drive always gets forgotten

The teeth were a bit mashed, but no huge chunks or anything.

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Got Pics?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

No sorry, left all the bits i took off today in the parents garage, i'll see if i can get some tomorrow

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Here's mine from a while back...

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Good job bennyy!!! Mine wasn't that bad but left bits in the bottom of the box - I used a magnet to fish out most throug the oil sump plug hole!!

Ouch.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Understatement of the year.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph