Phil...
Don't despair, I find that after having installed the Crane system in my
Spitfire the engine is much more civilized, idles, runs smooth, etc.
Everything you're trying to accomplish.
The only movement of the pick-up should be due to the timing advance.
Perhaps when you positioned the trigger (pick-up) unit you did not allow
for the advance movement, both mechanical and vacuum. If you're
triggering when the trailing edge of the rotor contact is contacting the
cap contact, and then the advance comes in, you loose that contact and
your ignition goes bad.
Check your rotor position when you do the static timing setup. This is
probably your problem.
Let me know...
Clark
413-243-3433
>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:25:17 +0100
>From: peb3@cornell.edu (Philip E. Barnes)
>Subject: Crane ignition help needed
>Good morning:
>I installed a Crane electronic ignition pack on the TR6 in a hope of
>eliminating the headaches I had with points. I have discovered, after
quite
>a bit of head-scratching, that the pick-up in the distributor is moving
out
>of position. This causes the spark to be weak and erratic. Is there a
trick
>to keeping this sensor in the proper position? Any thoughts are
>appreciated, including "Bag the Crane and refit the points, Barnes."
>Philip E. Barnes '71 TR6 CC61193L
>Cornell University
>Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies
>Ithaca, NY 14853
>607-255-4951
>peb3@cornell.edu
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