[Roadsters] Dwell Meters and Pertronix

[Charles Hubbard]

Peter,

I guess that I’ll give it another go.  Perhaps I had it on the positive side of the coil.

Respectfully,

Charlie Hubbard
HUBCo Communications, Inc.
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From: Pete Peters <ppeters914 at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 1:21 PM
To: Charles Hubbard <charlie at hubco.com>; Datsun Roadster List <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Dwell Meters and Pertronix


Hi Charlie,



I just Googled "using dwell meter on positive ground system" and came up with multiple results that basically said:



On a vehicle with positive earth, connect the red (positive) lead of the meter to earth and the black (negative) lead to the distributor or coil.



Pete
On April 12, 2018 at 11:47 AM Charles Hubbard via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net<mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>> wrote:

Greetings from Texas.



Does anyone have any idea on how to make a dwell meter work on a 1964 Datsun SPL310 with positive ground.  I bought a cheap meter off eBay not too long ago. The needle goes backwards or does not work at all.  Perhaps the better question is: Does your dwell meter work on positive ground systems?  If so, what make and model is it?



Before you come back and say:  “Get a Pertronix Ignitor.” I’ve had three (3) burn up on me in about 8 hours of drive time.  The first time was my fault for having solid copper wires.  It lasted for 5 minutes.  The other two times it happened, I turned the car off and it would not fire again.  Once I reinstalled my old points, it fires right up.  So…I’m sticking with what works.  The guys at Pertronix were great with replacing the parts, but they said no way are we giving you another set under warranty, and I don’t blame them.  I’ll take suggestions, just as long as it’s not the P-word…you know what I mean.



Respectfully,



Charlie Hubbard

HUBCo Communications, Inc.

M: 214.507.5569

O: 469.293.3081

www.hubco.com<http://www.hubco.com/>

charlie at hubco.com<mailto:charlie at hubco.com>

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