What I've heard--note: second/third-hand--is that the collar causes the rotor
to ride too high; possibly causing the rotor to contact the terminals or inside
of the cap. Again, I have heard of such problems--probably either here or on
the forum--but have not experienced them myself.
Bob
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From: "Quentin Schweninger" <quenty2@gmail.com>
To: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>, "Healey List"
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 12:05:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Points vs electronic ignition
Hello Bob.
You mentioned below that there were sometimes problems with cap/rotor
combinations with the pertronix ignition. Apparently thats what I have.
The cap center contact hits the rotor, about .050 before it seats on the
distributor body.
This is a new cap, (Moss 874-060) on a 25D6.
I called Pertronix and the first technician was curious and asked me to make
sure the Collar was down all the way,
and asked me to measure what was interfering and how much.
When I called back I got another Tech. who insisted that I didn't have the
collar pushed down far enough.
The collar is located vertically on the distributer shaft by resting on the
distributor cam.
This tech told me, "we have made thousands of these and never had a problem".
Is this similar to the problems you are referring to?
Dave
BN7 II Daisy
On Dec 13, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
Pertronix makes modules for both. The 6-cyl module requires a 'collar' with
magnets that sits under the rotor (sometimes causing problems with some
rotor/cap combinations). The 4-cyl module does not require the collar;
apparently, it senses the movement of the cam lobes (the 4-cyl distributor is
smaller than the 6-cyl and I don't think there's room for the collar anyway).
Bob
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