I plan to keep my old dizzy in the boot. I bought a new pentronix unit for
the car.Doe snot look OEM, but it's not a concour (sic) car
Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net> wrote:
> I would think it would be easier to just slip the old Per out and the new
> one in rather than removing and replacing the entire dist.
>
> tom
>
> ---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
>
> =============
> One step further: carry a spare distributor with a Petronix already
> fitted. Plenty of old or second hand Petronic units around from old
> Landrovers, Triumphs, Minis, or any old British heap as long as it has a
> D23/5.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
> Op 11-6-2013 18:41, " Just Brits " Shop schreef:
> > << On 6/11/2013 7:11 AM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
> >> Thats weird Bob.
> >> My new spare points are at the same orientation as my old ones...
> >> < ducks beer cans >
> >> Chris >>
> > 'Tain't "weird", Chris. Er, as long as beer cans are EMPTY ! ! ! LOL
> >
> > Oh wait, you're talking about points ! ? !
> >
> > But I am WITH you <G> ! ! One of the 'spares' I carry (In a gallon
> > zip lock bag) is a fully built
> > dizzy with USED points and base plate. 2 set screws out, dizzy out,
> > new dizzy in, 2 set screws,
> > and motor on <G> ! !
> >
> > Before you gents get shorts all knotted up from USED (points), hear
> > me out plz. Part of my
> > 'wake-up-Hortense' <G> IF I going on some long trips (500 round-trip
> > miles) IS to check dwell,
> > timing and how much meat is actually on the points and condition of
> > surfaces. IF all is well (which
> > is normally the case) bump starter around rotor at # 1 and OUT comes
> > the dizzy AS IE and into
> > zip lock bag. Put a set of points in the 'spare dizzy', install it
> > and check timing & dwell which are
> > usually normal <G> ! Then if I DO break down, in out & in for a KNOWN
> > WORKING dizzy as off
> > we go.
> >
> > Side benefit is I also have said unit to fix somebody's elses car ! !
> > IIRC it was season of '89
> > that I 'fixed' half-a-dozen cars. That dizzy had more miles on it
> > than Hortense did ! !
> > USPS/UPS/FedEx included ! ! LOL Also, IIRC 'fixed' one Petronix
> > equipped car ! ! !
> > LMAO at that one. I told the chap - very long time pal - he owed me a
> > bunch of beers and that
> > he WOULD see a very big gloating smile with each beer ! ! !
> >
> > But the point is that dizzy was a KNOWN, WORKING unit.
> >
> > Ed
> > '63 BJ 7 (Hortense THE Healey wearing STD IL plates AH BJ 7 )
> > Please visit MY site at: www.justbrits.com
> >
> > PS: After a few trips I started carrying a 4 cyl for MGBs.
> > PPS: MORE ducking for empty beer cans (PLZ as I crush & sell at
> > recycle place <VBG>) ! !
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