I've been running a Crane XR-700 for 5 years now (and over 30,000 miles)
with never a problem.
I think the major issue is that points give lots of warning before
failing, the solid state stuff runs great right up until the moment it
stops working entirely.
My $0.015 (Not quite 2 cents)
Chris K.
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:58:27 -0700
> From: "Jeffrey H. Boatright" <jboatri@emory.edu>
> Subject: Re: IGNITOR FAILURE-USEFULL LIFE?
>
> Eric,
>
> I don't know about knee-jerk reaction. This is the second failure of
> a Pertronix Ignitor for me. Same car, but different distributors.
> Neither had more than 20k miles on them, in fact much less, and
> neither lasted more than two years. What can I say?
>
> As for a count, I think that the numbers are mounting. On just this
> thread my count is 5 failures (2 for me, 2 for Larry Hoy, and 1 for
> Kai Radicke). OTOH, there are scores in service just on the mgs and
> spridgets list. My local LBC mechanic claims to have installed over
> one hundred and has never had a single failure. Note, though, that
> Kai and I use our LBCs as daily drivers (I don't know about Larry).
>
> FWIW, when I researched this conversion 3 years ago, the Ignitor had
> exactly 2 failures listed in the entire internet. The major
> alternative, the Crane X700 (?), had had several (12+) failure
> reports.
>
> I am not trying to talk anyone out of using an Ignitor; I'm just
> relating my experiences. I hope that everyone keeps using their
> Ignitors and never has a problem. If I were in your position, I'd
> keep using mine (though I'd keep a points and condensor in the boot).
> If I were someone pondering the conversion, I guess I would not do it
> until the causes of these failures were determined.
>
> Jeff
>
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