How about carrying a new (but tested) condenser with you and only changing
it if it fails?
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Pixley <fpixley@kingston.net>
To: mgs-digest list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Changing condensers/capacitors
> The various comments about "not changing" the condenser are logical enough
> but I think I'll start changing them more often. Last summer I had one
fail
> on Manitoulin Island (which is rather remote). We were driving the 77
> Austin Marina with a freshly rebuilt 1.8. I had put some 5,000 miles on
> the car with no ignition problems and do not know why the condenser
failed.
> I suspect the sustained high speed running in very hot weather may have
> contributed.
> My suggestion is to change the condenser when you change the points but
keep
> the old one as a spare in the car if it is a proven good condenser. I had
a
> new one in the boot last summer and changed it on the side of the road. I
> now own a stubby magnetic screwdriver for that job, as it is very easy to
> drop the mounting screw. At the time the best screwdriver length I could
> come up with was my Swiss Army Knife.
>
>
> Fred Pixley
> Napanee, Ontario, Canada
> fpixley@kingston.net
>
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