Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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audiocontr
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Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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One of my halffies has a military cap, but mcgyvered civilian wires and plugs. One of the wires is shot.

I've tried to MacGyver x2 and it's not working.

I have an old civilian conversion for my pinzgauer laying around. The cap adapter fits the halffie distributor.

Can I use the pinz civilian conversion on a halffie? The rotor clears fine. I figure I'll try the 4cyl cap and see how it goes.
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Re: Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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Well if you can use the 2 oppesit points of the 4 cyl cap it should work :roll:
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Re: Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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It did work! Perfectly!

I converted a civilian ignition pinz to pinzssi. Had the the old distributor and kit laying around, including a pertronix.

Moved it all over to the haflinger and it works great!

I just covered the extra 2 ports on the cap
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Re: Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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Of course if you use a wasted spark coil you can run a Haflinger engine without a rotor or dizzy cap - just put the cap on to keep the dirt out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZghmByvHU
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Re: Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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What type of devilry is this!? How??
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Re: Use pinzgauer civilian conversion on halffie?

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Magic - all you need is a dual output wasted spark coil pac :D . As both spark leads fire at the same time, on a 2 cylinder engine you do not need a cap or rotor - fires just on the points - but fires both cylinders at the same time.
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
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1957 Landrover 88" Station Wagon
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