[Spridgets] Electronic Ignition

Brad Fornal tequila.brad at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 09:07:53 MST 2009


Perhaps the bits inside the "condenser" are of Chinese origin. Frank must
exude an aura that affects Chinese made products.
Sorry about the call out, I didn't realize you were wanting to keep
something so great, hidden.
Do you work for the government?

Brad

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com>wrote:

> Biff, Brad, you've called me out.... :-)
>
> Several years ago, I started supplying a local "inventor" some parts for
> ignition conversions on small engines suffering from extinct parts
> availability.
> http://overnight-solutions.com/index.htm
>
> He thought we could market something for our ilk. (old shtuff) He brought
> me a fugly electronic box with transistor(s) in it that would be triggered
> by stock points, but use very, very little voltage thereby avoiding wear and
> tear on the points. He had one on a friends Mini that had been working fine.
> I told him that I would only consider something that looked correct. I gave
> him some Lucas condensers and low tension leads. He gutted the condenser,
> inserted the transistor stuff (and an LED) and connected it all to the LT
> lead. The devise replaces the condenser with 1 wire going to the points as
> original, and 1 wire coming from the LT lead. It looks very original. The
> voltage to the points is very little (.3 maybe?) There is no condenser.
>
> So, does it work? For everyone except Frank, yes. It takes 35 seconds to
> install. The electronic tach runs much steadier. Timing is done with the
> LED. I now own his friend's test Mini (1964) that is still running the same
> very first one he made to my design specs. 4 years, never touch it. Checked
> the points last year before LoTO, they were where I had set them 3 years
> ago. I have 75 or so running around in everything from Triumphs, Jaguars,
> Healeys, Spridgets, and a Land Rover.  I assume they're all working..... no
> one ever calls me to say they aren't...... except Frank.   If you need
> Frank's endorsement, he wont.  It beats me why he can't get one to work.
>
> That's the story........
>        Peter C aka PPP
>
> Biff, the thing in your link below looks like a cheap imitation of a
> Pertronix, that can't get much more cheaply made, IMHO.
>
>
> At 10:38 PM 3/17/2009, Biff Jones wrote:
>
>> Has anyone on the list tried one of these units?
>>
>> http://simonbbc.com/automotiveshop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2
>>
>> They are cheap enough that you can buy two for less than one ignitor.
>>
>> PPP is this what you have in your mini?
>>
>> Brad, it took me a while to relocate this source as I hadn't saved the
>> link.
>>
>> Biff Jones
>> 'Frogarri' '59 Bugeye
>> 'Ole Gray' '61 AH Sprite
>> http://sprites2.homestead.com/
>>
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