I have had an ignitor in the Midget for 2 1/2 years 10K+ miles. Mine is my
Daily Driver. I have never had a problem with the Ignitor, the bad bushes in
the dizzy - yes. That finally got so bad the rotor was hitting the contacts
on the cap and was leaving brass dust inside the cap. A bud had a good spare
25D I put the Ignitor in that and have about 3K on it.. I do carry a set of
points and condensor in the glove box, just in case. ;-)
Larry
78 Midget
----- Original Message -----
From Jeffrey H. Boatright <jboatri at emory.edu>
To: <eric@erickson.on.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 5:58 PM
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
>
>
> >Hey guys, are we looking at a bit of a knee-jerk reaction here or what?
> >I would really like to know because, of course, I have gone the
> >Pertronix way myself.
> >
> >So far, from an extensive list like this, I have heard about three
> >failures (did I count right?) and someone who says they have lasted ages
> >so far without a failure. Hardly seems like cause to abandon ship.
> >
> >Can anyone point me at some web resource or whatever that may indicate a
> >problem (unresolved) with this bit of equipment?
> >
> >I haven't seen any conclusive evidence that would suggest that these
> >units won't outlast points (and many stories of points hassles that were
> >the reason for getting the Pertronix in the first place - far more than
> >three or four stories of problems).
> >
> >So far I am a few thousand miles down the track and a few races further
> >on without a problem with my Pertronix.
> >
> >Anyone got any conclusive proof on the points vs electronic/pointless
> >ignition argument?
> >
> >
> >Eric
> >'68MGB MkII
> --
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> <http://www.molvis.org/molvis>
> <mailto: jboatri@emory.edu>
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