I've had the same experience. The electronics didn't fail, but the magnets
became askew in the collar, so it provided great spark at all the wrong
times. When I started having the same problems with the replacement, I went
back to points and I'll stay there.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 441
> Joe,
>
> I have to differ with you. I have seen 3 of Pertronics fail. They failed
> oddly. They did not die totally, they could not sustain higher RPM, so
> there would be a misfire at 3K rpm , for example, but it seemed to idle
> OK.
>
> That being said, I have one in my car, but I installed it when I was
> trying to eliminate a very small miss. I found that the MGB push-in style
> cap and corresponding wires made the most difference. I had already
> switched to the pertronics, which had not made much of a difference
> compared to a well tuned points system. Since I had already switched to
> the pertronics, I was not going to spend the time to switch back to
> points. I left it there, but I am prepared to install points at a
> moment's notice.
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