Hi Jim,
I've heard many stories about ignition problems being caused by the Pertronix
ignition module. Some claim that the module is voltage sensative and anything
less than 10 volts at the input would cause sporatic operation. Try contacting
Pertronix directly, they have a tech support group. Plead with them enough and
you never know, maybe they'll send you a free replacement. :)
What I do know is that there are quite a few ex-Pertronix ignition users out
there, some for exactly the same reasons you gave - they had sporatic operation
that went away when switched back to points. I'm one of them, and found better
response and more power using points.
If you're interested in going to another electronic igintion you might want to
consider a Crane unit. I know of a few people in our club that uses them with
no negative feedback, and no failures.
Thx, John
On Monday, December 06, 2004 8:04 PM, Martha Lee [SMTP:sasjzl@netzero.com]
wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have what appears to me to be a really strange ignition problem on my TR3.
> It's been running like a top for the last few years with a Pertronix ignitor
> in place of the points. Just this year I was having this strange experience
> where it would start up and run beautifully for varying amounts of time
> usually at least half an hour. Long after warm up. Then it would start
> missing
> on a couple of cylinders as if I was running out of gas.
.
.
.
> I am wondering what else is in the Ignition system that I have missed or what
> else could be affecting the system in that the plugs are not getting any
> spark
> at all?
>
> There has to be something really simple I am missing here.
> I'm just glad it's not running at all though as oppossed to running like a
> champ for half an hour and leaving me out on the side of the road.
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