Junkyards must be full of cars that had a similar system.
I remember that my '76 AMC Hornet (similar to the
Spitfire in its extensive use of cardboard, and poor
reliability) also had a magnetic pickup ignition.
I bet if you find a late 70's early 80's 4-cylinder
car with a distributor whose insides resemble yours,
its module would work...
(But if I were in your situation, I would
prefer to spend the $90 or so and simply buy a Pertronix
and fix the problem with the minimum hassle.)
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
> >
> > My 1980 Spitfire is equipped with a lucas electronic ignition. The one
> > with the little black box that sits on the firewall. Mine is happily
> > corroding itself into nothingness. Being somewhat a skinflint, I refuse
> > to pay the big bucks for this thing, and figure surely I can make my
> > own. It's only got 4 wires going to it. Two to the coil, and two to
> > the distributor pickup. How complex can it be?!
> >
> > I've opened the box up, and admired the remarkably empty space. One
> > capaciter of unknown capacity, one thingie that looks like a capaciter
> > but isn't (unless it's a shorted one). and a black do-hicky that I swear
> > I recognize from something else. That's just three thingies I need to
> > come up with to replace the entire guts of the box.
> >
> > Now I remember seeing a message once where someone said the Lucas unit
> > was a GM unit, or something like that. But not being a GM nut, I don't
> > know their pieces.
> >
> > So, have any of you folks ever made your own ignition box replacement?
> > Any good websites or books that would help me figure out how to do this
> > correctly? Anyone know the values or identities of the three pieces I
> > need to replace?
> >
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