auto to manual problems - need help urgently

[VRSS]

hey everyone, finally did my manual conversion.. after alot of headaches the gearbox is finally in.. but now it wont start..

we found out the problem is the spark pick up thing.. its a sensor that goes into a hole in the automatic bell housing, and picks up a point on the flywheel and tells the coil when to spark??? thats what ive been told.

my problem is that there is no point on the manual bell housing for the sensor to slide into.

to get around this can i change my ignition setup the the electronic dizzy off a blue motor? cause i really dont want to pull my gearbox out again it was hard enough putting it in.

if so - what are the steps involved in changing from the EST to the electronic dizzy.. is it as simple as unbolting the est dizzy and bolting in an electronic one?

any help appreciated. thanks

[Dose Pipe]

i got an electric dizi here and can put it in, but ive used enough fuel going to and from urs :P so ill bring it next weekend unless you want it done before then

[azkwazere]

how the hell does the manual system work normally if there isnt a point for it to go in then????

You need to find out how the manaul motor works then follow that! do you have a manual?

Sorry, i have no ideas about how VK's work...

aZk.

[PEAKN6]

not sure if it would be the same sorta thing (prolly not) but i converted my efi auto to a manny tranny and theres sposed to be a wire going to the auto box to tell the computer something but as the manual dont have it we just threw it on the starter motor and it started first go, no dramas (except for sum doofus forgot to put a hose clamp on the fuel line haha)
im sure me bro's about to prove me wrong

[DANNY8]

not sure if it would be the same sorta thing (prolly not) but i converted my efi auto to a manny tranny and theres sposed to be a wire going to the auto box to tell the computer something but as the manual dont have it we just threw it on the starter motor and it started first go, no dramas (except for sum doofus forgot to put a hose clamp on the fuel line haha)
im sure me bro's about to prove me wrong

ur a ******** The wire we connected to the starter was the neautral safety switch.....the wire ur thinkin of wasn't even in ur car.....it was my wags u saw that on lol....and it's like a crank angle sensor thing I rekon....just bullshiit for the EST

[9898989]

When I done this, I had the same problem.
All I done was drill a hole into the housing.
However this was done when the gearbox was out of the car to make sure it was in the right position.
Do you also have a flywheel with the 3 pins in it? It was difficult to find one for me.

[VRSS]

nope dont have a flywheel with the pins, i want to get rid of the EST, can i just put an electronic dizzy on and be done with it?

[dreamcatchu]

yep, theres no probs in doing that, asfar as i know you just have to bypass the est crap, ooh and hook up ur vacuum advance

[V-ahhh]

just bolt up the electric dizzy man saves big headaches

[VRSS]

all bolted up all wired up and just as i thought... no spark!

[VRSS]

what wires go where, i have a green wire and an orangy pinky tan'y one... ive connected the oranghy one to the positive side of the coil and the green one to the negative and it still wont start? any ideas have i got it wired up wrong? thanks in advance

[dreamcatchu]

you wired it up right cos thats how mine is. did u change your coil? as from memory the est and hei run different coils, or you could always just run some power to your coil straight from the battery to see if it's a wiring fault elsewere

[VRSS]

ok its running now thanks for the help everyone.. the wires coming out of the dizzy were twisted together and were arcing out and not letting it spark so i changed the wires and now its running.. running rough but good enough for now