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Now I'll disagree with the 'rubber-glove' solution.
It's fine until you get a bit of moisture inside the glove.
What I do on my cars is to put a shield on the inside of the grill, just in front of the dizzy, made from a piece of plastic sheet (I use mud-flap material).
Then I coat the entire dizzy cap with a lots, and I do mean lots, of Vaseline or non-conductive silicone grease. I also coat the coil connections with this. then I spray the entire ignition system, inc the leads, with ignition sealer. It works for me, even going through fords, slush, driving rain and muddy, wet tracks. (It's usually broken transmission which causes me to stop!).
On the WD 40 thing, it's great for getting rid of unwanted moisture, but it also gets rid of any sealant you've applied.
It's fine until you get a bit of moisture inside the glove.
What I do on my cars is to put a shield on the inside of the grill, just in front of the dizzy, made from a piece of plastic sheet (I use mud-flap material).
Then I coat the entire dizzy cap with a lots, and I do mean lots, of Vaseline or non-conductive silicone grease. I also coat the coil connections with this. then I spray the entire ignition system, inc the leads, with ignition sealer. It works for me, even going through fords, slush, driving rain and muddy, wet tracks. (It's usually broken transmission which causes me to stop!).
On the WD 40 thing, it's great for getting rid of unwanted moisture, but it also gets rid of any sealant you've applied.
Dino42 said:
Sounds like a good plan Cooperman - I've never been a great fan of wd40 for this either - seems to collect dirt and hence moisture after a while.
What happens when you apply the sealer over the vaseline- presumably it'll come off when you touch anything?
I just use lots of both and not in any particular sequence. Maybe the sealer fills in any little gaps left through the Vaseline. Anyway, it really does work and I can't recall any wet rally when I have stopped due to a misfire from water in the ignition. The exception to this was when I rounded a medium left quickly, my navigator having called "60 left over bridge, to find it was 60 left into a deep ford. Hit it at about 40+ and the car stopped. Had to be pushed out and it wouldn't start for a couple of minutes. Actually I think it was the water in the exhaust pipe preventing starting, as when it did fire there was no spluttering at all! Not one of my better efforts, I hasten to add!!
My Flame was giving me trouble in the rain until I replaced the leads, I’d bought a new set at a mini show and the car broke down every time it rained until I replaced the leads with a different new set. Cooperman’s advice is worth doing but might be best the replace the leads at the same time.
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