At 06:48 PM 6/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Anyone know a little about electronic ignitions? My 77B with an Allison
>xr-700 elctronic ignition went belly up today (at least 99 percent sure) .
>It's not the coil, and the starting problem (no spark) manifested itself
>after the car warmed up, so I'm reasonably sure it's the module.(replaced the
>coil-same thing happened) I even found a lookalike power transistor at Radio
>Shack and tried replacing that on the module, to no avail. Also, the system
>is at least 5 years old, having been installed in the distant past by a PO.
>My questions are:
>
>1. Should the new power transistor have rectified the problem, or are there
>other things that can go wrong with the module or sender?
>
>2. If I do need to replace the system, should I stick with the Crane system
>or is the Pertronix system better? Apparently the Pertronix fits entirely in
>the distributor cap, and, but not least, is about 30 bucks cheaper.
>
>Thanks from So. FLA.
>
>Joel Widell
>
>
I got rid of mine and went back to points. Voila, no more ignition problems!
Craig Wiper
craigw@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~craigw
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