Omix Ada Distributor Problems

Just a heads up for anyone thinking of buying one of these.

I aquired a brand new one in the box with a jeep purchase. I got maybe 50-60 starts out of it then it slowly crapped out. Put the point distributor back in and it runs like a champ again.

Anyone else have trouble with these? I wouldn't take it on the trail with one of these. Something to be said about simplicity.

 

guess your running the 4 banger? What brand of distributor does Omix-Ada sell (the one you bought). As a rule on electronic stuff there is no "slowly" degeneration. It is either working or not. There may be other issues involved. Would like to get some more info on this so which one did you buy?

 

As a point of reference, I have an electronic one from Walck's, it's probably an Omix-Ada, it's been working fine for the past 3 years.

 

It's for a F-134 and it did go out slowly. The spark got weak and became hard to start then finally didn't start at all. Check the spark and it was finally gone.

To fix I just installed a point distributor, added a ballast resistor to the positive side of coil and hooked the neg wire from dist to coil and everything was fixed and it started first crank.

I'm not going to try to figure out what went wrong with it until I hear from members that run these. If others have had success then I may try to order a new control unit and give it another chance. I'm not quick to blame the product and at this point I'm just trying to see if there is a trend - good or bad.


Here is what I have...


http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52448&highlight=omix+ada+distributor

The jeep is a restoration and I wired it just enough to start the engine so I don't see any room for other problems. The only thing I can think of is I didn't use a ballast resistor with it but that would be silly for them to require that.

 

Mine did not need a ballast resistor.

 

It seems to be hit or miss, thay can fry if you leave the ignition on but my 2nd fried driving 55mph on the highway, luckily some friends drove by and i got a ride home. this is my solution, http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74576 one nice thing is you can pull the guts out of a points distributor and put them in the electronic case with a pair of screwdrivers and a wrench.

http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81179
http://www.earlycj5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73514

 

Thanks for the info.

60 bucks for a module - Yikes! I think I'm going to ditch the Omix.

 

Do these modules install with a heat conducting gel to protect it from overheating? The original 6 volt systems didn't use a ballast resistor until they were modified to 12V at which time the ballast was installed with a 12V coil for use with external resistor OR no ballast with a coil with built in resistor.

 

I just put one in not to long ago, no miles on it yet .but the instruction that came with it said to put a ballast resistor in the wireing

 

I installed Omix Ada Distr. about 3 month ago. No problems so far ...
Any way the 2 wires are very cheap so i put an insulation around them to protect from engine heat.

Ziv

 

Installed a Omix electronic Dist. about 2 years ago . have hardly use the jeep. Went to start it and no go. It cranked but no spark. Ordered a new module, replace , no spark. Removed the pick up coil , dropped it ,reinstalled it, jeep started up. have spark . that was Friday. This morning I went to start the engine, same thing no spark ....no go ....Just ordered a point style dist. to put back in . done with the electronics .

 

I picked up a Cardone for my 78
The quality was so bad I didn't even bother installing it.