And therein lies the one disadvantage of electronic ignition. If it dies,
all you can do is replace a rather expensive part. And if you don't have one
with you, you're stuck. You can file, clean and regap points on the side of
the road if need be.
Don't get me wrong, the EI dizzy as built by Gary and Dave is a great unit.
Just remember to carry an extra module with you.
Gordon Glasgow
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From: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Neil Levine
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:32 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: [Roadsters] the NEVER ENDING story
I've had the Gary Boone dizzy on my car for several years and it has
performed well, but the control module failed on my unit a few years ago not
too long after installing it. Fortunately this happened at the Mt. Shasta
meet where there were a number of kind folk who were able to help out and I
was finally able to find a used good module to replace the bad one. If I
wasn't able to find this used one from one of our vendors at a reasonable
price, I was going to have to purchase a new one from a local car parts
store for what I remember was around $175 and would have had to wait a day
for it.
So let's just say that I now carry a spare module with me just in case. I
don't know how often these things might fail, I may have had the only one
ever, but sometimes it pays to worry just a little :-).
Neil
'66 1600
-----Original Message-----
From: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dave Cooke
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:01 PM
To: Tom Hendricksen
Cc: Datsun-Roadsters@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] the NEVER ENDING story
Welcome to the Club of Worry-Free Ignition!
-Dave Cooke
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