lucas or ducellier points ?

[Cyprus Andy]

How do I know which points to get for my R4TL ? I was a diesel fitter but this petrol stuff had me baffled !

Is there some way of telling which is which ........the car ticks over great but as soon as you put a little throttle on it splutters, so I am replacing plugs, points, condenser, rotor arm, cap, leads, and coil so at least I can eliminate them from the problem !o_O

 

[Cyprus Andy]

A picture say's a thousand words, so here is what I have, now what is it lol ........its a 50 mile round trip to the auto shops so I need to know before I set off what exactly I need !

 

[pepper]

Sorry can't help, mine look totally different (in a cassette).

 

[jonigel]

Ducellier system.

 

[Cyprus Andy]

thanks jonigel much appreciated...........I can go looking for parts now

 

[mr-reno-139]

Be aware that is the first and original type from about 75 on wards there is another set up same as 1100 engines bigger diameter cap points and rotor
had at least 100 sets points and given all away 5 years ago

 

[Cyprus Andy]

thanks for the heads up mr-reno ............is there nothing standard on these little cars o_O

 

[Geoff in the Gully]

............is there nothing standard on these little cars o_O

Yep. Body shape. Didn't change in 33 years.

 

[Cyprus Andy]

hahaha nice one Geoff

 

[mr-reno-139]

Until you try fitting an 84 door to a 69 car !!

 

[Geoff in the Gully]

Until you try fitting an 84 door to a 69 car !!

True - ok then, nearly all the body shape

 

[mr-reno-139]

wonder how many people are unaware of the problem if you tried what i suggested
maybe we should have a renault 4 general knowledge quiz set by malcolm and let us all answer questions just for a bit of fun

 

[Cyprus Andy]

this is a great idea mr-reno as it will give a lot of useful information to newbies like me