January 2009 I sent my distributor (BJ8) to Jeff Schlemmer of Advanced
Distributors for a rebuild. He didn't rebuild it because it was not needed,
but cleaned it up and added a Petronix. That unit failed about 8 months
later at our All British Car show in Safety Harbor, Fl. My car had to be
pushed to its assigned spot on Main Street. Oh the joys of antique cars.
Anyway, that was in 2010 and I sent the unit to Petronix for evaluation and
they said my Hall Cell was bad and replaced the unit. There is a 3 year
warranty. Its been a year later and I finally decided to take another
chance on the Petronix and I just reinstalled it. Once burned, twice shy.
After the reinstall I got sputtering on a test drive, so I timed the car to
10-14 degrees BTDC at idle without vacuum, as specified by Jeff. It starts
quicker and runs great, so far. Anyway, I would contact Jeff, as Olin has
written, and get the straight and skinny from him. His number is (612)
804-5543. His address is 1149 Quincy Street, Shakopee, MN 55379. I have no
financial interest with Jeff just an interest in Healeys.
Good luck.
Mel Brunet
HBJ8L/39749
Land O Lakes, Fl
-------Original Message-------
From: Healey
Date: 11/3/2011 12:54:54 AM
To: healeymanjim at hansencc.net
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] petronix
Pertronix will not resolve a bad distributer. Not sure what distributer the
Morgan has, but most likely it has centrifugal advance, and the springs are
worn. I had the same issue with a Porsche that worked ok on points, but the
Pertronix highlighted the real problem. After rebuilding the dizzy, the
same
pertronix unit worked great. My suggestion to him is to send the
distributer
(if Lucas) to Advance Distributers and have him rebuild it. That was who
did
mine for the Healey. After 50+ years and 100,000+ miles or so, those
springs
loose their strength and the lack of lubrication on the weights will throw
off
an otherwise well tuned motor.
Olin Brimberry
61 3000 MKII
BT7 Sideshifter TriCarb
healey at hunterbane.com
www.hunterbane.com
On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:18 PM, <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>
<healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:
> want to help a guy in our club with a morgan that has a "missing and
sputtering" problem. he has a petronix in it and i know nothing about these
things. what should i be looking for. suspected a coil and had it replaced
but did not solve problem. will naturally check carbs, etc., but suspect
ignition as car apparently starts and runs ok until it warms up. any help
appreciated as i will be "flying blind" here.
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