Greetings,
When it failed, my old Petronix was polite and chose to crap out at the end
of my driveway. I did the standard troubleshoot to eliminate other causes,
but I had a feeling that was the cause. And when I put in the replacement
sourced from Moss--fast as always--the car started right up. However, it ran
like crap. I tried to drive it three blocks and just made it back. The
engine
was severely backfiring, temperature gauge shooting up the dial.
I called Moss and Jason said I probably had botched the install ever so
slightly. So I redid it three times, but it didn't help. Then I started to
swap
old parts back in--I changed the dizzy cap and rotor, too--but it wasn't
until I stuck the old circular magnet back in that presto!, the car ran as
sweetly as it did before. I undid the swap and put the new one back in,
leaving
everything else unchanged, and the old crappy running returned. Old one
in--runs like a champ.
To be clear, this is the magnet that fits around the cammed rotor drive. I
tried to get a replacement magnet from Moss but they don't make them that
way. Hope this one holds up.
Only thing I can think is that it was the wrong magnet in the box, one for a
different firing position.
That's the report from MG Electric Land, always a thrill, the unexpected
around every corner, even if it ain't Lucas.
Jay Donoghue
72B-GT
66 Mustang
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