H&h Ignition Solutions

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Has anyone had any experience with H&H's distributor refurbishment service and would you recommend them?

 

Any idea on prices?

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Just been quoted £105 inc VAT & return postage for a full rebuild.

[Anthony 1,003]

Is that a true "full" rebuild and does it include the vac advance? If so, that's not too bad at all when you consider that most distributors these days are pretty tired and the vac advance is something like £40 on its own through a Bosch agent.

 

That engine you've got would likely benefit from a slightly different advance curve too given the higher compression, which I'm sure H&H could do for no/minimal extra cost.

[grandos 16]

I managed to source a 1.9 vac advance unit through camberley auto factors (Bosch item) for around £20 approx. 1 year ago, if it's any help Anthony.

[DamirGTI 342]

Had good service from them ... i needed just recurving job , and they made it spot on .

 

Price was around 20-25 quid with the VAT and postage included ...

 

... just one thing which was driving me nuts - they simply don't reply on an email request , so you really need to contact them via phone .

 

Damir

[Matteo 17 1 Cars]

Just paid 55 quid for a recurving job + postage back to Italy.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Is that a true "full" rebuild and does it include the vac advance? If so, that's not too bad at all when you consider that most distributors these days are pretty tired and the vac advance is something like £40 on its own through a Bosch agent.

 

Just spoke to them again as i'll be sending my dizzy off soon, it includes a full rebuild of the dizzy, re-curve to suit engine, and vacuum advance.

[MrG 3]

I had mine done by H&H, came back quick enough but for some reason we can't get it to work correctly with my engine spec. But as it was over 2 years ago since they did it (been working a lot!) I can't very well send it back.

 

Annoying thing was, mines a phase 1, when it came back, it was like a later phase model and well basically didn't work or power up as it should. I was expecting a plug and play type of thing but had to in the end have it sorted by Carl in Suffolk. Additional expense that I didn't really need. But I'm going over to a distributor less system early next year so the H&H item will be redundant.

 

Good service though, it was away fro about 2 weeks total.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

I've been told I should have the dizzy back by the end of the week so will let you know how it goes.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

 

 

Fitted today and it seems fairly spot on without spending too much time on it. Doesn't feel too bad low down either considering there isn't a vacuum advance on there yet, is it worth it for the fuel consumption alone?

[Anthony 1,003]

Yes. Fitting a working vacuum advance improved mine by about 4-5mpg

 

I take it that the vacuum advance wasn't included in the price after all then?

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

It was included in the price, but the packer forgot to include it in the package. So i'm waiting for one to be sent to me, I assume only a 1.6 capsule will fit a 1.6 dizzy body due to the length of it?

[welshpug 1,661]

1.9 will fit, but the arm is a different length IIRC, might have a different stroke length.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Argh, well it turns out they do some sort of minor welding inside the dizzy if a vacuum isn't used. So now I have to return the dizzy if I want the vacuum fitting as I won't be able to do it at home.

 

Grrr.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

All sorted now, H&H sorted me out with a new vacuum advance for no extra charge. Working well!