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Subject: Aftermarket EI failure
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@core.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 23:29:27 -0400
I've been running a Crane XR-700 for 5 years now (and over 30,000 miles)
with never a problem.

I think the major issue is that points give lots of warning before
failing, the solid state stuff runs great right up until the moment it
stops working entirely.

My $0.015 (Not quite 2 cents)

Chris K.

> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:58:27 -0700
> From: "Jeffrey H. Boatright" <jboatri@emory.edu>
> Subject: Re: IGNITOR FAILURE-USEFULL LIFE?
> 
> Eric,
> 
> I don't know about knee-jerk reaction. This is the second failure of 
> a Pertronix Ignitor for me. Same car, but different distributors. 
> Neither had more than 20k miles on them, in fact much less, and 
> neither lasted more than two years. What can I say?
> 
> As for a count, I think that the numbers are mounting. On just this 
> thread my count is 5 failures (2 for me, 2 for Larry Hoy, and 1 for 
> Kai Radicke). OTOH, there are scores in service just on the mgs and 
> spridgets list. My local LBC mechanic claims to have installed over 
> one hundred and has never had a single failure. Note, though, that 
> Kai and I use our LBCs as daily drivers (I don't know about Larry).
> 
> FWIW, when I researched this conversion 3 years ago, the Ignitor had 
> exactly 2 failures listed in the entire internet. The major 
> alternative, the Crane X700 (?), had had several (12+) failure 
> reports.
> 
> I am not trying to talk anyone out of using an Ignitor; I'm just 
> relating my experiences. I hope that everyone keeps using their 
> Ignitors and never has a problem. If I were in your position, I'd 
> keep using mine (though I'd keep a points and condensor in the boot). 
> If I were someone pondering the conversion, I guess I would not do it 
> until the causes of these failures were determined.
> 
> Jeff
>

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